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A LARGE STANDING SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF ZHANG GUOLOU
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A LARGE STANDING SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF ZHANG GUOLOU
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The face finely carved with a long beard, lips slightly parted to provide a smiling expression, wearing a scholar's cap above the pendulous ears, dressed in a flowing robe decorated with Shou characters, the garment falling in folds about the body, one hand holding a long bamboo tube, standing in a forward movement on a detachable base naturalistically carved in openwork to imitate Taihu rocks, traces of gilding and pigments remaining
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high overall
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The face finely carved with a long beard, lips slightly parted to provide a smiling expression, wearing a scholar's cap above the pendulous ears, dressed in a flowing robe decorated with Shou characters, the garment falling in folds about the body, one hand holding a long bamboo tube, standing in a forward movement on a detachable base naturalistically carved in openwork to imitate Taihu rocks, traces of gilding and pigments remaining
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high overall
Exhibited
Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1992, Catalogue no. 250.