AN UNUSUAL CARVED BAMBOO FIGURAL GROUP OF SHOULAO AND ATTENDANTS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Shoulao, the god of Longevity, shown with characteristic exaggerated cranium and holding in his right hand a stalk of lingzhi , seated on a deer with head turned sharply to one side and grasping in its mouth a lingzhi sprig, flanked by a pair of smaller figures of attendants wearing loose robes, one holding a ruyi scepter, the other a long staff, all supported on a bamboo base carved as rockwork and set on a pierced and stained crescent-shaped hardwood stand 18½ in. (47 cm.) high including stand, box
AN UNUSUAL CARVED BAMBOO FIGURAL GROUP OF SHOULAO AND ATTENDANTS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Shoulao, the god of Longevity, shown with characteristic exaggerated cranium and holding in his right hand a stalk of lingzhi , seated on a deer with head turned sharply to one side and grasping in its mouth a lingzhi sprig, flanked by a pair of smaller figures of attendants wearing loose robes, one holding a ruyi scepter, the other a long staff, all supported on a bamboo base carved as rockwork and set on a pierced and stained crescent-shaped hardwood stand 18½ in. (47 cm.) high including stand, box
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