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A ROOTWOOD CARVING OF LIU HAI A WHITE METAL-EMBELLISHED A GROUP OF THREE BAMBOO
Late Qing Dynasty/ Republic period DOUBLE GOURD BOX AND COVER CARVINGS
Supporting a mythical three-legged toad on Late Qing/Republic period Qing Dynasty/Republic period
his right shoulder, later fitted stand. Set on three raised gourd-form feet, Two modelled as Shoulao, variously riding a
22.5cm (8.7/8in) high. decorated with two roundels containing stag and seated on rockwork whilst handing
the characters ‘Fu’ and ‘Shou’ (wealth and a peach to a boy; and a carving of a sage
£800 - 1,200 longlife) on a ground of scrolling, entwined seated on a rocky outcrop.
HK$7,800 - 12,000 fruiting gourd tendrils and flowering stems, Largest 20.5cm (8.1/8in) high.
CNY7,100 - 11,000 inset in turquoise, coral and aventurine.
27cm (10.5/8in) long. (2). £800 - 1,200
Provenance HK$7,800 - 12,000
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), £800 - 1,200 CNY7,100 - 11,000
Singapore, and thence by descent HK$7,800 - 12,000
Purchased from Oriental Art Collector, on 15 CNY7,100 - 11,000 Provenance
December 1980. Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
Provenance Singapore, and thence by descent
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), The ‘Shoulao and boy’ group acquired from
Singapore, and thence by descent China Arts House, June 1972.
The ‘Shoulao and stag’ group acquired from
Estelle Chapman of 124 New Bond Street,
London, 16 October 1977.

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