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Size: H6.5cm；W76g

Signed and dated: Qing Dynasty

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 1,350,000

This tianhuang stone is finely carved in the form of “Hehe Erxian“ the twin-immortals group，standing with wide smiles on their faces. Both figures are adorned in long flowing robes. One of them hold a box with cover in both hands while the other figure holds a lotus leaf in his left arm. The stone itself bears an attractive warm variegated brownish-orange colour.
Provenance
An Important Japanese Private Collection
This group of immortal figures has some similar examples in bamboo carving. See the example from the Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn collection，sold at Christie’s Hong Kong，3rd December 2008，lot 2343. See also a single figure from the Water，Pine and Stone Retreat collection，sold in Sotheby’s Hong Kong，4th April 2012，lot 168.