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A pale green jade carving of a sage and acolyte
18th/19th century
The elderly sage carved with a beard and high-browed wrinkled
forehead, bent slightly over as he reaches out his left hand in instruction,
the acolyte standing respectfully behind with shaven head and smiling
face, reaching out his right hand from the folds of his robe, wood stand.
9.5cm (3¾in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕高士書僮
Compare a related pale green jade group of two arhats, Qing Dynasty,
illustrated in Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the
Palace Museum: Jade 8 - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Beijing, 2011,
pl.250.
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