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A WHITE JADE 'IMMORTAL AND BIRD' GROUP
17TH CENTURY
The Immortal carved wearing loose-fitting robes and a cap exposing his hair tied in a topknot fastened with a hairpin, resting on one knee, looking down at a bird perched on the lingzhi sprig he holds in one hand, while another bird sits on his shoulder, the stone of very even white tone--2in. (5cm.) high
17TH CENTURY
The Immortal carved wearing loose-fitting robes and a cap exposing his hair tied in a topknot fastened with a hairpin, resting on one knee, looking down at a bird perched on the lingzhi sprig he holds in one hand, while another bird sits on his shoulder, the stone of very even white tone--2in. (5cm.) high
Literature
James Watt, op. cit., no. 103