Lot Essay
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18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A boxwood plaque of a scholar
18th/19th Century
Delicately carved with a scholar standing with shoes exposed from under the hem of his long robe and hands concealed within his large sleeves, the face with long sideburns and goatee with pleasant expression, the hairknot covered by a small piece of cloth
19.5 cm. high, mounted
18th/19th Century
Delicately carved with a scholar standing with shoes exposed from under the hem of his long robe and hands concealed within his large sleeves, the face with long sideburns and goatee with pleasant expression, the hairknot covered by a small piece of cloth
19.5 cm. high, mounted
Provenance
Oriental Art Gallery, 1991
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