A BOXWOOD CARVING OF WENCHANG QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

carved from a single piece of boxwood, the deity seated on a draped chair, with the right arm resting on one knee and the left holding a ruyi scepter, wearing a voluminous robe with cascading folds down the arms and below the waist, the boots firmly placed atop an elaborate foot rest with lion-masks surmounting each leg, three characters incised on the base, zhen guan gu