Wood Fengshui Covered Compass

Description:

Wood FengshuiCovered Compass, China, 19th century, stem cup shape, with ivory dials incised with directional marks including the eight trigrams, needle in a round housing, the cover decorated with twelve inlaid ivory circles of incised zodiac animals and a central circle incised with a boy riding on a bull, inscribed to base on inlaid ivory, ht. 2 1/2, dia. 2 3/4 in.
Estimate $200-300

minor warping to ivory dial.


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