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A JADEITE GROUP OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL AND A BOY Late Qing Dynasty

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A JADEITE GROUP OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL AND A BOY Late Qing Dynasty
A JADEITE GROUP OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL AND A BOY Late Qing Dynasty
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A JADEITE GROUP OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL AND A BOY
Late Qing Dynasty
Carved with a female immortal wearing flowing robes, holding a hoe in her right hand and carrying a basket in her left, positioned to her left is a boy playing a flue while seated on a buffalo, set amidst branches of pine tree and lingzhi fungus issuing from rockworks, the stone of green and white with a hue of lavender. 13cm (5 1/8in) high
Footnotes:
清晚期 翡翠麻姑童子擺件

Provenance: Harry and Isabel Johnston, Liverpool, purchased in London in the early 1900s, and thence by descent

來源:Harry和Isabel伉儷,利物浦,1900年代初期購於倫敦,並有後人保存迄今

The female immortal portrayed in the present lot is probably Magu (麻姑) who is the Goddess of Longevity. Sculptures of Magu of various materials, as the present lot, were popular birthday gifts among privileged members of society.

See a related jadeite figural group of a female immortal and a boy, which was sold at Christie's New York, 8 October 2014, lot 69. Compare also with a related jadeite figural group of three immortals, 19th century, which was sold by Christie's London, 14 May 2010, lot 316.
Condition
A shallow chip to a pine leaf on the back of the figure; some other minute nicks to the extremities; natural stone flaws.
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A JADEITE GROUP OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL AND A BOY Late Qing Dynasty

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