Antique Chinese Hardwood Figure of an Immortal on Carved Stand – Hand Carved Oriental Sculpture – 36cm vintage jewellery gift English secure 3 lever lock

English secure 3 lever lock (no key) with original good hinges

An unframed and unsigned (From a collection of other signed works by the artist) watercolour of a duck in flight by the famous London artist  Herbert Charles Touseau Ahier -born 1888 died 1976 - now highly admired and collected

Great working condition as per images - lovely Christmas gift

It is also celebrated in some parts of Gujarat and West Bengal

enriched with smoked and variegated raku surface effects

Antique Chinese Hardwood Figure of an Immortal on Carved Stand – Hand Carved Oriental Sculpture – 36cm vintage jewellery gift English secure 3 lever lockA finely hand carved Chinese hardwood figure depicting one of the Eight Immortals (Ba Xian), standing upon a naturalistic rocky base and mounted on a turned hardwood plinth. The smiling immortal is shown carrying a large pilgrim's hat over his shoulder and holding a small vessel or cup in his hand. The expressive facial carving, flowing robes and deeply carved folds demonstrate the quality of the craftsmanship. Based on the iconography, this figure