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THREE IVORY AND BONE FIGURES OF
STANDING IMMORTALS
17th/18th to 18th/19th century
Comprising: a finely and crisply carved figure
of a standing sage, wearing a tall scholar’s
cap and holding a small quadruped in his
hands, the robes with wide, loose sleeves
streaming down either side; a deeply carved,
standing figure wearing a tasselled rosewood
cap and holding a fan, his facial features well-
modelled and expressive under the prominent
brow, some edges with traces of the original
pigment, wood and stand; together with
a smaller bone carving of Dongfang Shuo
holding a stolen peach, wood stand.
The tallest: 20.2cm (8in) high (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000

Provenance
A Uruguayan Private Collection.

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THREE IVORY FIGURES OF DAOIST
IMMORTALS
17th/18th century
Comprising: A figure of a bearded Li Tieguai,
wood stand; two figures of He Xiangu or
Xiwangmu, both with long robes with leaf
collars, wood stands.
The largest: 16cm (6 1/4in) high (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
Provenance
A Uruguayan Private Collection.

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