24th May, 2023 10:00
Asian & Islamic Art
244
Greyish green and russet jade boulder
Chinese, 19th Century
carved as a rocky mountain with an open cave within which a figure of Lao Tsze with staff and youth attendants stand looking at a kneeling monkey beneath a pine tree offering fruit from tree above the cave, the reverse with a pine tree growing against a background of various rocky crags, with wood stand carved as rocks and pine trees, 16.5cm x 11.5cm x 3cm
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £500 - £700
Greyish green and russet jade boulder
Chinese, 19th Century
carved as a rocky mountain with an open cave within which a figure of Lao Tsze with staff and youth attendants stand looking at a kneeling monkey beneath a pine tree offering fruit from tree above the cave, the reverse with a pine tree growing against a background of various rocky crags, with wood stand carved as rocks and pine trees, 16.5cm x 11.5cm x 3cm
With natural flaws and inclusions
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Auction: Asian & Islamic Art, 24th May, 2023
