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A KINGFISHER-EMBELLISHED 清乾隆 染色象牙雕麻姑乘槎
STAINED IVORY FIGURE OF AN
IMMORTAL ON RAFT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
exquisitely carved depicting a female immortal,
possibly Magu, cloaked in a long flowing robe
fastened at the waist, draped on the shoulder
by a feather shawl embellished with kingfisher
feathers, standing with a slight forward lean
paddling the long oar on a naturalistically
carved log raft loaded with baskets of flowers,
fruits and lingzhi, traces of pigment
12.4 cm, 4⅞ in.
◉ HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000