CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)

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GROUPE REPRESENTANT DONG FANGSHUO EN BAMBOU
CHINE, DEBUT DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
L'immortel est représenté assis sur un rocher. Il est vêtu d'une tunique souple nouée à la taille, les yeux mi-clos, son visage joyeux est souligné par des sourcils et une longue barbe. Ses cheveux sont coiffés en chignon et sa main droite tient un branchage de pêches de longévité.
Hauteur: 18 cm. (7 in.)

Provenance

Previously from an English private collection.

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Further details

A BAMBOO GROUP REPRESENTING DONG FANGSHUO ON A ROCK
CHINA, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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Lot Essay

Dong Fangshuo is the legendary Han dynasty official who by stealing and consuming Xi Wangmu's peaches gave himself the power of immortality. The carver has made exceptionally good use of the material depict different subjects of the sculpture. Compare to a stylistically similar carving of an old man gathering medicinal herbs, slightly smaller in size (14.7 cm high), date early Qing dynasty, in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, illustrated in Bamboo, Wood and Ivory Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 42.

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