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TWO SOAPSTONE FIGURES OF 165
LÜ DONGBIN AND CAO GUOJIU
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY FOREIGNER ON AN ELEPHANT
The figures are carved as two of the Eight LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH
Daoist Immortals, Lü Dongbin with a CENTURY
fly whisk in one hand and a sword on his
back, and Cao Guojiu carrying a castanet The figure is finely cast wearing a
in both hands. Their features and attire are characteristic cap and carrying a musical
cold-painted with various pigments. instrument in one hand. He is modelled
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high, wood stands (2) astride a recumbent elephant which is
draped with a blanket incised with lotus
HK$30,000-50,000 motifs.
US$3,900-6,500 2¡ in. (5.9 cm.) long
P ROVENANCE : HK$10,000-15,000
US$1,300-1,900
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
The Feng Wen Tang Collection Provenance:
清十八世紀 The Feng Wen Tang Collection
壽山石呂洞賓及曹國舅立像
明末 / 清初
來源： 銅胡人騎象擺件
紐約 Ralph M. Chait Galleries 來源：
奉文堂珍藏
奉文堂珍藏
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166-167 no lot
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