A CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

portraying Shoulao, the God of Longevity, with a characteristic tall bulging forehead and long wispy beard, wearing loose flowing robes, holding a lingzhi fungus ruyi sceptre in his right hand, seated astride a spotted deer holding a sprig of lingzhi fungus in its mouth, wood stand

Editha Leppich, Bambus in Kunst + Kunstgewerbe, Ostasiatischer Kunstverlag, pp.70-72.