$15,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Auction: March 12, 2019 10:00:00 AM EDT
The shaped head with central cloisonne panel depicting a descending bat, within a scroll border, the scroll and bat-pierced shaft and base, centered by panels depicting Indian lotus and shou symbols, the reverse carved with additional auspiscious symbols, associated silk tassels.
L: 15 in., 38cmProvenance: Francis Edward Searles (1841-1920)
Thence by descent to the present owner