Lot 458
A Monumental Chinese Jadeite Figural Group of Shoulao and Children, 20th c., the large lavender, green and milky white boulder carved with a central figure of Shoulao carrying a dragon-head staff in one hand and the "Peach of Immortality" in the other, set beside a large peony vase and a fruit laden basket to his left and surrounded by ten small children, one modeled with a ruyi scepter, another with a cash coin, and others with peaches, lingzhi and other auspicious fruit and flowers, height 19 1/4 in., width 24 in. Note: Break and glue repair to far left side at fruit basket. Provenance: New Orleans Collection. Note: In this lot, Shoulao, the Daoist God of Longevity, is accompanied by auspicious and long-life imagery, including ten youths, which are used to further the viewer's or beneficiary's wish for long-life.
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