17TH CENTURY
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A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A DAOIST IMMORTAL
17th Century
The emaciated figure shown standing atop a pierced rockwork base while holding a large peach, his loose wind-blown robes overlaid around the hips with a tiger pelt and tied with a sash suspending a double-gourd flask at the left hip, his hair drawn up under a soft cloth with trailing ends, the back molded with two maker's marks, one Chen Niangong, in a double gourd cartouche, the other, Chen Shiyong yin, a four-character seal mark, covered overall with a yellow-tinged white glaze
14in. (36.8cm.) high
17th Century
The emaciated figure shown standing atop a pierced rockwork base while holding a large peach, his loose wind-blown robes overlaid around the hips with a tiger pelt and tied with a sash suspending a double-gourd flask at the left hip, his hair drawn up under a soft cloth with trailing ends, the back molded with two maker's marks, one Chen Niangong, in a double gourd cartouche, the other, Chen Shiyong yin, a four-character seal mark, covered overall with a yellow-tinged white glaze
14in. (36.8cm.) high