A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF SHOULAO AND DEER

18th century

18th century
Crisply carved as the elderly bearded sage in long flowing robes carrying a branch of peaches above his right shoulder, a deer clasping a lingzhi fungus in its jaws recumbent beside the figure, the stone of white tone with a russet inclusion.
10cm (3 7/8in) high.

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 白玉雕壽老瑞鹿擺件

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11 May 2011, lot 173

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.81.

來源：倫敦蘇富比，2011年5月11日，拍品編號173

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號81

See a similar jade carving of Shoulao illustrated by S.C.Nott, Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection, West Palm Beach, 1942, pp.106-107, pl.XIV. See also a related jade carving of Shoulao, 18th century, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, no.62.

A related white jade figure of Shoulao, 18th century, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 746.