Large 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Carving of an Immortal. Superb Quality

  

19th Century Chinese Hand Carved Statue of. Skilfully fashioned from an incredibly heavy approximately 5kg! Depicted is the benign Chinese god of immortality identifiable by his. Large cranium (wisdom), waist-length beard (longevity). Peach staff and peaches of immortality and.

A gourd said to contain the elixir of life. A smiling boy offers him a captured bird. The quality of the carving is outstanding with captivating attention to composition and detail. Character and expression captured in the faces (all with inset eyes). Fluid, animated drapery and marvellously gnarled and pierced staff.

A few minor edge chips and one or two grain shrinkage cracks. As one would expect in a piece of this age.

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