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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Possibly Lan Caihe, shown standing atop a rockwork base, holding a sprig of lingzhi fungus in her right hand, wearing elaborate robes and a cloud collar, with a swirling scarf around her shoulders and flowers in her hair, the deer to her side with a double-gourd flask tied around its neck and a basket of flowers resting on its back, back incised with the potter's mark, Xu Yanyu zhi, covered with a glaze of milk-white tone--18¼in. (46.3cm.) high
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Possibly Lan Caihe, shown standing atop a rockwork base, holding a sprig of lingzhi fungus in her right hand, wearing elaborate robes and a cloud collar, with a swirling scarf around her shoulders and flowers in her hair, the deer to her side with a double-gourd flask tied around its neck and a basket of flowers resting on its back, back incised with the potter's mark, Xu Yanyu zhi, covered with a glaze of milk-white tone--18¼in. (46.3cm.) high