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A VERY LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO 17th/18th century
A VERY LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO 17th/18th century
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A VERY LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO
17th/18th century
The tall slender figure standing dressed in long flowing robes with incised patterns, the hair raised in two top knots, a peach held in the right hand and a fan in the left, with details picked out in red, green and blue pigment, set on a wood display stand.
37.5cm (14 3/4in) high
Footnotes:
十七/十八世紀 壽山石雕壽老立像

A similar carving in an inventory of 1721 is illustrated in Bischoff and Hennings, Goldener Drache - Weisser Adler: Kunst im Dienste der Macht am Kaiserhof von China und am Sächsisch-Polnischen Hof (1644-1795) , no. 183b, pp. 312-13.
Condition
There is wear surface wear and wear to the pigments. The figure has numerous breaks through the body with associated losses which have been expertly filled in. There are also stress lines to the back of the head.
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A VERY LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAO 17th/18th century

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Starting Price £650
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May 13, 2024 5:00 AM EDT|
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