Both of attractive honey hued ivory tusks, the larger Guanyin holding a lotus blossom and young boy with peach, the smaller one holding a lotus blossom, each carving placed on a custom hardwood base.

10.25 in. and 8.5 in.

From the Estate of Captain Benjamin Soule Gantz and Ethyle Offutt Gantz, Shanghai, China and Washington, D.C.

Purchased in Shanghai in the 1920s.

The larger missing a portion of the lotus stem and the plug for her head; the smaller with small chip to base.

$300 - 500