A LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON FIGURE OF SHOULAO WITH A DEER

QIANLONG 1736-95

Standing wearing flowing robes, holding a large peach and supporting himself on a staff on which a scroll is tied. A deer sits at his feet holding a spray of lingzhi fungus in its mouth gazing towards a bat, which clings to his shoulder, the stone with a brown diagonal striation, together with a wood stand, 16.5cm. (2)

Provenance: sold by Moon Gate Singapore, 8th August 1969 for S

900.

Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 8, Qing Dynasty, pp.284-285, no.256 and 257 for related figures of Shoulao, see also S C Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, pl.138 for another example.