Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session Two
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About this Item
Two Chinese soapstone figural lamps, 20th century
the first of an Immortal astride a mythical beast, holding a spray of blossoms, with a young attendant by her feet holding a ruji sceptre, raised on a carved openwork hardwood stand, and a silvered metal base, with electrical twin light fitting, pagoda-shaped shade, surmounted by a pierced and carved jade butterfly finial, script mark, the stone of pale white mottled tone, chips, scratches, drilled, 88,5cm high; and another soapstone figure of an Immortal, seated astride a horse holding a basket of fruit, attended by two small boys and a maiden amongst clouds, on a later carved hardwood stand, raised on a later metal base, on bun feet, with electrical twin light fitting, pagoda-shaped shade, both shades with distress, surmounted by a pierced and carved jade disc finial carved with a shou and a bat, the stone of pale white mottled tone, chips, scratches, drilled, 86cm high
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