FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. JACK & GLADYS H. FOSTER
A LARGE CORAL CARVING OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
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A LARGE CORAL CARVING OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
The tall, slender figure dressed in voluminous robes holding a fly whisk in one hand and a branch of lingzhi fungus in the other, standing in a slight sway by pierced rockwork from which grows tree peony issuing from behind her flared sleeve, a phoenix perched in the branches from which a basket of lingzhi is suspended from a loose chain, a small boy attendant with a lion stands to her left side, the stone of pale pinkish-orange tone (some damage and repair, wax infill)
12 3/8in. (31.4cm.) high, wood stand
The tall, slender figure dressed in voluminous robes holding a fly whisk in one hand and a branch of lingzhi fungus in the other, standing in a slight sway by pierced rockwork from which grows tree peony issuing from behind her flared sleeve, a phoenix perched in the branches from which a basket of lingzhi is suspended from a loose chain, a small boy attendant with a lion stands to her left side, the stone of pale pinkish-orange tone (some damage and repair, wax infill)
12 3/8in. (31.4cm.) high, wood stand