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68     A LARGE ‘CHICKEN BONE’
                  JADE CARVING OF A DAOIST
          㖶ġġġ 暆  FIGURE
             橐    MING DYNASTY
             䌱
             晽    standing with the legs straight, the slightly downcast face with
             忻    bulging eyes, a long beard and mustache, wearing a two-tier
             㔁    headdress carved with dragons in high relief, dressed in a long
             Ṣ    robe with the tips of shoes peeking out from beneath, a belt with
             䈑    incised plaques wrapping around the broad belly, the left arm
             䩳    positioned with the hand at the hip holding a ruyi scepter, the
             ⁷    right arm bent at the elbow with the hand raised and clasping
                  a long tuft of hair, the mottled gray stone enhanced for the
                  ‘chicken bone’ e% ect, secured to a wood stand

                  Height 14 in., 35.5 cm

                  PROVENANCE
                  English Private Collection.
                  Spink & Son, London, 3rd June 1985.
                  Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                  Irving, no. 264.

                  $ 30,000-50,000
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