Fine Chinese Works of Art & Paintings - 24th May 2023
Lot 444
†A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF DONGFANG SHUO
Estimate £4,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4000
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†A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF DONGFANG SHUO
18TH CENTURY
The smiling God sits comfortably on rocks, his hair tied in a top knot, he wears flowing robes and holds a peach of Immortality, 17cm.
Dongfang Shuo was a Han dynasty scholar official, author and court jester to Emperor Wu, in Chinese mythology he is a Daoist Immortal.
Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, part 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, pp.380-381, for a similar figure of Dongfang Shuo.
清十八世紀 竹雕東方朔坐像