A CARVED BOXWOOD MODEL OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL

SIGNED JING FU, REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)

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A CARVED BOXWOOD MODEL OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL
SIGNED JING FU, REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
Finely carved depicting the Daoist star god Lu Xing, dressed in long flowing robes and standing next to a small boy. The wood is of a warm toffee colour and there is a two-seal mark character to the reverse.
7½ in. (19 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The carver Jing Fu was active in China during the Republic Period (1911-1949) and was thought to be the first student of the famous boxwood carver Zhu Zichang.
There is a virtually identical carving by Jing Fu in the collection of the Wen Zhou Museum, Zhejiang Province.

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