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567 - 19th-century Oriental art. Two walking sticks with carved ivory handles respectively depicting an Oriental dragon with open jaws, sinuous whiskers, and a back entirely covered in geometric scales, and a small frog climbing at the top of a dense carving of grass leaves and marsh reeds wrapping around the entire grip. Wooden shafts (max L. 89 cm) (defects)

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19th-century Oriental art. Two walking sticks with carved ivory handles respectively depicting an Oriental dragon with open jaws, sinuous whiskers, and a back entirely covered in geometric scales, and a small frog climbing at the top of a dense carving of grass leaves and marsh reeds wrapping around the entire grip. Wooden shafts (max L. 89 cm) (defects) This lot is accompanied by CITES documentation IT/CE/2026/MI/00703 Provenance: Loris Abate Collection IT Arte orientale, secolo XIX. Due bastoni da passeggio con prese in avorio scolpito raffiguranti rispettivamente drago orientale con le fauci aperte, i baffi sinuosi e il dorso interamente ricoperto da scaglie geometriche e piccola rana arrampicata sulla sommità di un fitto intaglio di foglie d'erba e canne palustri che avvolgono l'intera impugnatura. Fusti in legno (L. max cm 89) (difetti) Il presente lotto è accompagnato da documentazione CITES IT/CE/2026/MI/00703 Provenienza: Collezione Loris Abate