A famille rose figure of the Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai holding a staff and gourd, his robes falling over the left shoulder and tied at the waist with a cord and decorated with scattered flowerheads, on a rectangular base moulded with panels of chrysanthemums (one foot missing, minute chips and glaze flaking, the stand with a chip to one corner) -- 15½in. high; and a figure of the Daoist Immortal Zhang Guolao holding a bamboo flute, his flowing robes decorated with cranes and peach sprays, the rectangular base decorated with moulded panels of chrysanthemums (chips to hem of robe, finger extremities missing, crack to one corner of the stand) -- 15in. high, both Qianlong.

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A famille rose figure of the Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai holding a staff and gourd, his robes falling over the left shoulder and tied at the waist with a cord and decorated with scattered flowerheads, on a rectangular base moulded with panels of chrysanthemums (one foot missing, minute chips and glaze flaking, the stand with a chip to one corner) -- 15½in. high; and a figure of the Daoist Immortal Zhang Guolao holding a bamboo flute, his flowing robes decorated with cranes and peach sprays, the rectangular base decorated with moulded panels of chrysanthemums (chips to hem of robe, finger extremities missing, crack to one corner of the stand) -- 15in. high, both Qianlong.
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