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FOUR?CARVED?SOAPSTONE FIGURES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
清十九世紀 壽山石雕坐像一組四件
comprising:?Guanyin holding a scroll; a seated?immortal on a rockwork stand; Zhang Guolao seated backwards on?his mule;?and a figure of a luohan holding a pearl, with separate?soapstone stand
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Guanyin: height 14 cm, 5? in.
Seated immortal: height 14.6 cm, 5? in.
Zhang Guolao: height 15.5 cm, 6? in.
Luohan: height 15.5 cm, 6? in.
觀音:高 14 公分,5?英寸
仙人坐像:高 14.6 公分,5?英寸
張果老:高 15.5 公分,6?英寸
羅漢:高 15.5 公分,6?英寸
Guanyin: good overall condition. Two small defects to the stone at the right knee and on the chest, just below the necklace. Two natural cracks to stone on reverse. Small old/ original chip to robes at base.
Immortal: good overall condition. Small chip to sword guard.
Zhang Guolao: good overall condition.
Luohan: good overall condition. Small chip to the figure's exposed left foot.
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