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Antique
Chinese Carving Goddess
Holding Flower Circa:
Qing, 19th Century H 11.5"
(29cm), W 5" (12.5cm), D 3.5" (9cm)
Condition: very
good A
very fine Chinese goddess in cream tone, with striations and markings scattered
over the garment area and on the back of the piece. Delicately rendered during
the Qing era in the early 19th century, the demure figure of a woman is posed
with a stem of flowers held close about her, her face shadowed by an elaborate
and carefully engraved formal coiffure, eyes look slightly downward, her facial
features are smooth and sensitively realized. She is standing on a tapered sandalwood
base. Overall in very good condition. Private Collection
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