AN IVORY CARVING OF WEI TUO, standing on a stylised lingzhi base, finely carved in a relaxed pose, his hands rested on a carved stick before him, dressed in a suit of chain mail, a shawl wrapped over his shoulders and wearing an elaborate helmet suspending long tassles swirling down to his feet and surmounted by a tall spike (age cracks),

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AN IVORY CARVING OF WEI TUO, standing on a stylised lingzhi base, finely carved in a relaxed pose, his hands rested on a carved stick before him, dressed in a suit of chain mail, a shawl wrapped over his shoulders and wearing an elaborate helmet suspending long tassles swirling down to his feet and surmounted by a tall spike (age cracks),

19th Century
44.5cm. high
Provenance
Sassoon Collection

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