IVORY CHINESE KING and QUEEN, HAND CARVINGS, INTRICATE

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IS A PAIR OF HAND-CARVED IVORY KING and QUEEN FIGURINES. REAL IVORY FROM ZAIRE. I AM RE-LISTING THIS BECAUSE I HAD INTENDED TO HAVE A RESERVE PRICE, BUT EITHER I MADE A MISTAKE (LIKELY) OR eBAY MISSED MY RESERVE. TO THE THREE PEOPLE WHO BID, PLEASE GIVE IT ANOTHER GO.IN NOVEMBER 1980, MY WIFE AND I WERE MARRIED IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ON OUR HONEYMOON ON ST. THOMAS, WE PURCHASED THESE IVORY FIGURINES TO CELEBRATE OUR MARRIAGE. WE ARE DOWNSIZING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS AND DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SELL THESE WONDERFUL OBJECTS. THESE CARVINGS ARE INCREDIBLY INTRICATE, HAND CARVED IN CHINA BY VERY TALENTED ARTISTS USING THE FINEST REAL ELEPHANT IVORY FROM ZAIRE IN AFRICA. (ZAIRE IS NOW CALLED THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO.) THESE ARE SO INTRICATELY CARVED, IT TAKES A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE ALL OF THE FINE DETAIL IN THE CARVING. THE KING IS VERY INTRICATELY DRESSED IN A ROYAL ROBE, SITTING ON A DRAGON THRONE AND IS HOLDING SOME KIND OF NECKLACE. YOU CAN EVEN SEE HIS FINGERNAILS. THE BACK OF THE THRONE IS CARVED WITH THE DRAGON MOTIF. yOU CAN MAKE OUT THE DETAIL OF PTERODACTYLS CARVED AROUND THE THRONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 1/4 INCH HIGH. THE QUEEN IS ALSO DRESSED IN A FINE ROBE AND IS SITTING ON A THRONE OF ANCIENT BIRDS. SHE ALSO HAS THE NECKLACE, BUT SHE IS HOLDING A PACKAGE TIED IN A BOW. THE PTERODACTLYS ARE ALSO read more

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