17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A WHITE AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF AN OLD MAN AND BOY
17th/18th century
Carved as a elderly bearded man dressed in a long loose robe and cloth cap holding a flower basket issuing lingzhi in his left hand, beside a small boy standing on one leg atop pierced rockwork holding a chrysanthemum spray, the stone of even tone darkening to a well-used pale brown, some minute chips
4in. (10cm.) high, wood stand
17th/18th century
Carved as a elderly bearded man dressed in a long loose robe and cloth cap holding a flower basket issuing lingzhi in his left hand, beside a small boy standing on one leg atop pierced rockwork holding a chrysanthemum spray, the stone of even tone darkening to a well-used pale brown, some minute chips
4in. (10cm.) high, wood stand