A pair of Chinese carved ivory figures, 19th century, one of the poet Tao Yuanmin with long beard, wearing a grass hat, his right hand holding a branch of chrysanthemum, his left hand holding a stick with a dragon head suspended with a scrolled book, one of a lady holding a basket of flowers, dressed in long flowing robes, both fitted to carved wooden bases, 30.4 cm high (poet), 30.7 cm high (lady)