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1A0b3a*mboo carving of a lady Immortal

Late Ming/early Qing, seal mark Jun
The finely-grained wood carved as a lady bearing a vase covered in drapery
in her hands, her hair piled in a high chignon above her gently smiling face
nodding down towards a young attendant standing close to her mistress and
carrying a long-handled basket filled with lingzhi fungus, wood stand.
14cm (5½in) high (2).
£12,000 - 15,000
HK$140,000 - 180,000 CNY110,000 - 140,000
明晚期/清早期 竹雕仙女立像 「珺」篆書款
Provenance: a European private collection
來源:歐洲私人收藏
The character Jun(珺) literally means beautiful jade, which may also suggest
that it is the name of the carver.

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