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A BOXWOOD BOX WITH SLIDING COVER A BAMBOO FIGURE OF LIU HAI
19th century 18th/19th century
Made in the outline of a gourd, the top finely carved in relief with Carved in the round, the immortal portrayed with a big smile, cradling
a scene of a scholar and an attendant in a bamboo grove, the the three-legged toad to the chest, the loose robes tied at the waist
underside carved with two figures by a bridge, one end fitted with but falling open to bare the shoulders, the patinated bamboo of a
a loop for suspension and the other with a loop and a hook in the deep caramel color.
interior. 6in (15.2cm) high
4 1/4in (10.8cm) long
$2,500 - 4,000
$2,000 - 3,000
十八/十九世紀 竹雕劉海戲金蟾像
十九世紀 黃楊木雕人物故事圖滑蓋盒

Provenance
Fleurdelys Antiquites, London

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