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PROPERTY FROM THE WU MAODING FAMILY COLLECTION                            (another view)

Ψ1713
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADEITE FIGURE OF SHOULAO
The Immortal is shown seated on a recumbent deer, his right hand
resting on its head and his left holding a ruyi scepter, with a crane at
his left knee. He is dressed in heavy robes, and he sports a long beard
and moustache. The stone is a translucent pale greenish-white color.
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Wu Maoding (b. 1850) Collection, and thence by descent within the
family.

翠玉雕壽老坐像

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