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Jan Van Beers
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Soapstone Figure of Lu Dong Bin
( China
17th century
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Dimensions
16.00cm wide
9.80cm high
(6.30 inches wide 3.86 inches high)
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Literature:
Between Heaven and Earth , Sydney Moss 1988 , 64 & 65 for carvings by Yang Yu-Hsuan
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Condition:
Minor chips and losses.
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Description / Expertise
A fine soapstone carving of Lu Dong Bin, one of the eight Taoist immortals, by Yang Yu-Hsuan, in a resting pose with his robe opened as if getting some relief from the heat. Signed on the reverse in the fold of his robe : Yu-Hsuan Yang was mentioned by the great conoisseur Chou Liang-kung in a book dealing with his years in Fukien between 1647 and 1655, and was also noted (with the telling detail that "collectors compete to engage him") in an undated Kangxi gazette. Yang's carving was compared with the work of great painting masters.
ref.no.4558
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