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Lot 735

AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO -ROOT FIGUR E OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL, QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH
CENTURY
Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 USD

AN INSCRIBED BAMBOO-ROOT FIGURE OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL
QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
清十七 / 十八世紀 竹雕采芝仙人坐像

well carved with the figure seated on intricately carved pierced rockwork forming his seat and armrest, the left arm stroking his
beard, the face with a serene and contemplative expression, wearing a hat and long-flowing robes, beside a basket filled with
lingzhi and other medicinal plants on the ground beside him, the stippled surface of a rich brown color, with a seventeen-character
inscription to the base

墨字：
家住南山日落往還 親嘗百草為人醫患

Height 4½ in., 11.6 cm

Provenance
Sotheby's London, 12th May 2010, lot 82.

來源
倫敦蘇富比2010年5月12日，編號82

Catalogue Note

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 333/435