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Lot 314
A bamboo carving of the Hehe Erxian Qing Dynasty
8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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A bamboo carving of the Hehe Erxian
Qing Dynasty
Smoothly carved as the laughing Hehe Erxian, one relaxing atop Lake Tai rockwork and holding a blossoming lotus in front of a large lotus leaf, the other reclining below and holding a small box and cover over the raised left knee. 16cm (6¼in) high
Smoothly carved as the laughing Hehe Erxian, one relaxing atop Lake Tai rockwork and holding a blossoming lotus in front of a large lotus leaf, the other reclining below and holding a small box and cover over the raised left knee. 16cm (6¼in) high
Footnotes
清 竹雕和合二仙
The Hehe Erxian are characters originally based on the poet-monks of the Tang dynasty, Hanshan and Shide. In the Ming dynasty they began to be depicted holding a lotus and a box, and by the Qing dynasty the Yongzheng Emperor decreed that they should be known as saints of harmony and unity because they were so full of mirth.
Compare a similar carving of the Hehe Erxian which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4284.


