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A massive coral figure of an Immortal
Late 19th/Early 20th century

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A massive coral figure of an Immortal

Late 19th/Early 20th century
Depicting He Xiangu holding a basket of flowers and a lingzhi branch while standing on a rocky promontory, the willowy maiden flanked by a pine bough at left, two stately deer at her right and two cranes biting lingzhi branches below, one stag carrying a branch of ripe peaches in his mouth as he steps on a pine bough bridge, set into a hardwood base carved in high relief with a network of bamboo, pine and lingzhi.
17 1/2in (44.5cm) high
13in (33cm) long

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acquired in 1966 as per acquisition number 1966.342

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