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A BOXWOOD CARVING OF SHOULAO
19TH CENTURY
The bearded fgure is carved with a smiling face
below a high forehead. He wears long robes with
a foral tassel on his belt and is holding a peach in
his right hand and a gnarled staf in his left. The
wood is of a warm caramel tone.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
£5,000-8,000 $7,100-11,000
€5,800-9,200

清十九世紀 黃楊木壽老立像
來源：私人珍藏

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST ASIAN
COLLECTION
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A CARVED AND INSCRIBED BAMBOO
BRUSH POT
18TH CENTURY
The brush pot is carved in low relief to depict the
god of Longevity, Shoulao, holding a peach and
staf accompanied by a young boy. The other side
of the vessel has a long inscription containing
poetic lines, dated to the ninth month during
the autumn of the bingyin year, followed by the
signature of Wu Zhifan.
4º in. (10.5 cm.) high
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,000
€3,500-5,700

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 4
清十八世紀 竹雕題詩壽老圖筆筒
來源:
香港蘇富比2004年4月25日拍賣, 拍
品4號
重要亞洲私人珍藏

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