A Chinese Erotic Spiked ‘Ladies Pleasuring Ball’
A Chinese Erotic Spiked ‘Ladies Pleasuring Ball’
Period 1800-1900
Origin China
Medium Ivory
Dimension 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (2¹/₈ x 1³/₈ x 1³/₈ inches)
Ivory
China Canton
19th Century
SIZE: 5.5cm high, 3.5cm dia. - 2¹⁄₈ ins high, 1³⁄₈ ins dia. / 30cm long - 11⁷⁄₈ ins long (with silk cord)
Belgium CITES: 2025/BE00994/CE
Period: 1800-1900
Origin: China
Medium: Ivory
Dimension: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (2¹/₈ x 1³/₈ x 1³/₈ inches)
Provenance: SEE: Finch & Co catalogue no. 4, 2004 item no. 12, for a collection of eight and catalogue no. 19, item, no. 37
Belgium CITES: 2025/BE00994/CE
Literature: Known in China as ‘ladies pleasuring balls’ these intricately carved ivory balls have articulated spikes that rotate within each sphere. Exported from the Cantonese ivory workshops in the 19th century they continue to fascinate the European collector with a taste for the exotic.
Exhibition:
Finch & Co
Antiquities, ethnographica, natural history, sculpture and works of art
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