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AN IMPORTANT SET OF HIGHLY TRANSLUCENT GREEN JADEITE FIGURES OF THE THREE STAR GODS
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AN IMPORTANT SET OF HIGHLY TRANSLUCENT GREEN JADEITE FIGURES OF THE THREE STAR GODS
LATE QING DYNASTY
Representing the gods of Happiness, Affluence and Longevity; Shouxing depicted with his distinctive high cranium and holding a staff and a sprig of lingzhi fungus while flanked by boy attendants holding a small jar and a peach; the other two gods dressed as officials; Fuxing, the god of Happiness, also shown with two young boys, one holding a lotus pod, the other a blossoming lotus stem; Luxing, the god of Affluence, shown holding a ruyi sceptre, while the boy standing on rocks to his right holds a pearl issuing vapour and the female attendant to his left holds a fan; the highly translucent, watery stone of sea-green colour suffused with streaks of brilliant emerald-green used to highlight the carvings--8½ to 9 3/4in. (21.6 to 24.5cm.) high, stands (3)
LATE QING DYNASTY
Representing the gods of Happiness, Affluence and Longevity; Shouxing depicted with his distinctive high cranium and holding a staff and a sprig of lingzhi fungus while flanked by boy attendants holding a small jar and a peach; the other two gods dressed as officials; Fuxing, the god of Happiness, also shown with two young boys, one holding a lotus pod, the other a blossoming lotus stem; Luxing, the god of Affluence, shown holding a ruyi sceptre, while the boy standing on rocks to his right holds a pearl issuing vapour and the female attendant to his left holds a fan; the highly translucent, watery stone of sea-green colour suffused with streaks of brilliant emerald-green used to highlight the carvings--8½ to 9 3/4in. (21.6 to 24.5cm.) high, stands (3)