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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 3, 2018 | Sotheby's | Hong Kong | Gems of Chinese Art from the Speelman Collection I | 3415 | $****** - ****** | AN EXCEPTIONAL, LARGE AND FINELY CARVED BAMBOO-ROOT FIGURE OF SHOULAO |
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23.5 cm (9.25 in)
the substantial root superbly carved with the God of Longevity depicted seated on a pierced rocky outcrop, his cheerful eyes semi-closed as curved slits, wearing a wide smile framed by long, neatly combed moustache and beard, the tall forehead and plump cheeks further defined by fine wrinkles, flanked by a pair of pendulous ears, his right hand grasping a gnarled sprig of lingzhi, the left holding a leafy branch of two peaches with the arm raised supporting a small boy clambering on his body, carved around his feet with five further boys at play on the rocky ledge, including a boy crouching behind his seat suspending a basket of flowers, another carrying a leafy branch of peaches on his back walking towards the third boy poaching a bat, an additional boy depicted climbing up the deity's body clutching a ribbon fastened around his waist, and the last grasping a sprig of lingzhi approaching two cranes, the bamboo attractively patinated to a chestnut-brown tone accentuated with darker mottling and subtle rows of circular knots and burls
