Chinese Art

Chinese

A Chinese Amber Carved Immortal, 19th Century
amber

3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in, 9.5 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm

CAD

Preview at: Heffel Vancouver

PROVENANCE
The Kay and Francis Reif Collection of Chinese Art. Acquired during the 1950s and 60s under the early guidance of Warren E. Cox, the renowned New York connoisseur and dealer of Asian antiques, and thence by descent.

Probably a Daoist hermit, the figure holding a cane while wearing a simple attire with a double gourd at his waist that releases two bats of good fortune, the reverse with a large pine tree.

The Reif Collection is particularly well-known for its fine examples of Chinese ivory and amber carvings and snuff bottles. The majority of the ivory and amber carvings were donated to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in the late 1990s and early 2000s where they form the foundation of their permanent Asian art collection.

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