Lot 3743
  • 3743

A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF SHOULAO QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
200,000 - 240,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • jade
the immortal portrayed standing with a gentle smile on his face framed by a finely incised beard, below arched brows and expressive wrinkles on his forehead, sporting a small cap on his characteristically bulging tonsured head and dressed in a plaited robe with ample sleeves, fastened at the waist with a broad sash and cascading in undulous folds over his pointed shoes, his right hand clutching a gnarled staff, now fitted with a coral finial, the left grasping knotted ribbons trailing in front of his robe, the greenish-white stone with a fine smooth polish

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2013, lot 3041.

Condition

The coral terminal is an old Qing dynasty repair to the top of the gnarled rod. The figure is otherwise in overall good condition with just expected minor nicks to the edges of the figure, including the hems, sleeves and ribbons.
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