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A FINELY CARVED JADEITE FIGURE OF LIUHAI
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A FINELY CARVED JADEITE FIGURE OF LIUHAI

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A FINELY CARVED JADEITE FIGURE OF LIUHAI
LATE QING DYNASTY (1851-1911)

Well carved in the round with the figure of Liuhai in a dynamic pose with his arms raised holding a string of cash coins, three of which are carved as loose rings, his right leg stretched behind him and left leg resting on a three-legged toad emitting a peach supported on wispy smoke, beside a mandarin duck on a sea of turbulent waves, the stone of rich apple-green and ice-green tones, with an area of amber inclusions on the base, cleverly utilised and carved as a crab
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high, gilt wood stand by Edward Farmer
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Edward Farmer, New York