Handle of screen to hand known as chauri, in ivory... Lot 361

Handle of screen to hand known as chauri, in ivory of proboscidian (Elephas Maximus or Loxodonta Africana) turned and carved, with its white wooden leaf trimmed with red velvet embroidered with a crown of carnations on one side and the initials crown of carnations on one side and the initials VK under a tree on the other side. The button of of the leaf is finely carved with leafy scrolls. The ivory peg for attaching the handle to the leaf is missing, as is the top button. Ceylon, Kandy region, 18th century Height of the handle : 40.5 cm Total height : 84 cm Size of the leaf : 43.5 X 45.5 cm Weight of the handle : 353 g Comparative examples in public collections: - PARIS, Musée du Louvre, OA 12289 ; SN 115 ; S 1410, for a screen of comparable construction (79,8 cm) - SINGAPORE, Asian Civilizations Museum, inv. N° 2016-00127 for a handle of similar construction (39 cm). - NEW YORK, Metropolitan Museum, inv. N° 2010.475.9a,b, for a similar handle (49cm) Comparative bibliography on the subject: - MALGOUYRES Philippe, Ivories of the Renaissance and Modern Times. La collection du Musée du Louvre, Paris, Musée du Louvre ; Editions Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2010, p. 248, ill. p. 248-249, n°198 - PEDROSO Maria-Luisa Brisas de Leques-ventos do Oriente, Santarem, 2014, p. 52. - Histoires d'ivoire, cat. exp. (Châlons-en-Champagne (France), Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, 2007), Châlons-en-Champagne, 2007, p. 32-33, ill. 33, n° 8 - SAUZAY Alexandre, Collection Sauvageot, I, Paris, Noblet et Baudry, 1863, Available on : http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/12472 , pl. 11 - SAUZAY Alexandre, Musée Impérial du Louvre. Catalog du Musée Sauvageot, Paris, Impr. Charles de Mourgues, frères, 1861, Available at: https://bibliotheque numerique.inha.fr/viewer/12476/?offset=#page=3viewer=pictureo=bookmarkn=0q= , p. 327, n° 1410 - COOMARASWAMY A.K., Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, Pantheon Books, 1956 reprint of the 1908 edition An object made in whole or in part of proboscidean ivory (Elephas Maximus or Loxodonta Africana). In accordance with the provisions of the regulation in force on the territory of the Union (Regulation (EU) No. 2021/2280 of 16/12/21), the object will be delivered to the buyer with its Intra-Community Certificate No. FR2306300019-K issued by the DREAL dated 27/02/2023, as well as with the expertise report duly drawn up by an approved independent expert In case of exit from the European territory, a re-export certificate, at the buyer's expense, will be necessary. The latter must also inquire beforehand about the legislation in force in the country of destination. Expert : Cabinet Artemis Estimations, Mr Pierre Grignon Dumoulin, expert of justice near the Court of Appeal of Amiens, 06.09.83.33.29, www.artemisestimations.com.