Period:Ming dynasty Production date:17thC-18thC (circa)
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 22.20 centimetres Width: 12 centimetres Depth: 8.10 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Shoulao, sitting in a bower of ?trees, accompanied by a deer and a stork (Ruyi). Made of soapstone or steatite.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1175 “1175. Another supported by a beast & bird sitting-under a chair arched.”; referring to Miscellanea Miscellanies 1174 “1174. A Chinese man sitting in an elbow chair switching up his long black beard commonly thought to be done in rice past, or a sort of Alabaster.”
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 22.20 centimetres Width: 12 centimetres Depth: 8.10 centimetres
Description:
Figure of Shoulao, sitting in a bower of ?trees, accompanied by a deer and a stork (Ruyi). Made of soapstone or steatite.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1175 “1175. Another supported by a beast & bird sitting-under a chair arched.”; referring to Miscellanea Miscellanies 1174 “1174. A Chinese man sitting in an elbow chair switching up his long black beard commonly thought to be done in rice past, or a sort of Alabaster.”
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