Lot 1543
  • 1543

A WHITE JADE 'DEER AND LINGZHI' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Length 2 1/2  in., 6.5 cm
the recumbent animal resting with its legs tucked under the body, the head turned back and grasping a lingzhi in the mouth, the long stem of the auspicious fungus falling across the deer's back and sides, a bat laying by the tail, the stone an even, milky white color

Provenance

English Private Collection.
Collection of Maureen V. Brewster, acquired in London in the 1980s.
Robyn Turner Gallery, San Francisco, 30th September 2003.