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A bronze figure of Shou Lao, the Daoist immortal for longevity…
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Melbourne
Date:
25-Oct-2015
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A bronze figure of Shou Lao, the Daoist immortal for longevity depicted in the traditional manner, as an elderly man with protruding forehead in the flowing robes of a monk, with billowing sleeves, accompanied by a deer, traces of gilding, six character mark to verso, 24.5 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, purchased by Robert Francis (1826-1895), general agent for the china Navigation Co in Kiukiang, proprietor of his own shipping Company, also reputedly owner of several tea plantations. Francis relocated from London to Shanghai in 1855, where he resided for the next 40 years till his death in 1895, after his death the items were passed onto Francis' nephew and hence by descent passed on the current owner
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Oriental: Bronze