A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF MAGU, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF MAGU

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 青玉雕麻姑獻壽擺件

the immortal finely carved attired in elegant robes, bearing a gentle expression beneath an elaborate coiffure, the head tilting to rest on the handle of the large peach-filled flower basket carried in the left arm, the right hand holding a lingzhi in front of the chest, a long-tailed phoenix standing on one leg with its crest grazing the basket and tail sweeping upward toward the lingzhi, the stone of pale celadon color with white and russet inclusions

Height 5⅛ in., 13 cm