A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF SHOULAOQING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

standing and smiling with a characteristically high-domed forehead and incised flowing beard, holding a ruyi scepter, dressed in long layered robes incised with shou characters, peaches and ruyi-shaped clouds, the stone a warm yellow transmuting to beige, with swathes of red and caramel, wood stand (2)