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18TH CENTURY
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A SOAPSTONE SEATED FIGURE OF SHOULAO
18th century
Carved seated with a smiling expression on his face, the head with a pointed large forehead and long beard, seated with the right hand resting on the raised knee, the other holding a ruyi sceptre, wearing loose robes with finely incised wave-pattern hems, the stone of beige colour with dark-liver and grey inclusions, small nicks
5 in. (13.3 cm.) high
18th century
Carved seated with a smiling expression on his face, the head with a pointed large forehead and long beard, seated with the right hand resting on the raised knee, the other holding a ruyi sceptre, wearing loose robes with finely incised wave-pattern hems, the stone of beige colour with dark-liver and grey inclusions, small nicks
5 in. (13.3 cm.) high