A late 17th / early 18th century Chinese carved soapstone fi...
A late 17th / early 18th century Chinese carved soapstone figure of Li Tieguai. The bearded figure is dressed in a flowing robe and leaning against a crutch. Along with a portrait miniature, gouache on card after Horace Taylor. The sitter, Claude Calthrop, is depicted with the soapstone statue. Statue 17cm. Provenance; Claude David Usticke Calthrop (1893-1921) First Secretary General of the Rhineland High Commission, Coblenz, by whom the statue was probably purchased in Switzerland or Germany.
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A late 17th / early 18th century Chinese carved soapstone figure of Li Tieguai. The bearded figure is dressed in a flowing robe and leaning against a crutch. Along with a portrait miniature, gouache on card after Horace Taylor. The sitter, Claude Calthrop, is depicted with the soapstone statue. Statue 17cm. Provenance; Claude David Usticke Calthrop (1893-1921) First Secretary General of the Rhineland High Commission, Coblenz, by whom the statue was probably purchased in Switzerland or Germany.