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A CHINESE BOXWOOD FIGURAL GROUP, HEHEERXIAN, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Depicting the Hehe Erxian (the twins), both smiling, each one standing in flowing robes wearing a headdress, one holding a box containing a tortoise, the other seated holding a gourd, lovely honey-brown patina, supported on a naturalistic hardwood stand.
The laughing twins represent harmony and mirth as well as bestowing blessing on marriages. The word "he" is the homonym for "union", while "erxian" means "the two holy ones". They actually represent the two famous poet-monks of the Tang Dynasty, Hanshan and Shide.
A single boxwood figure of carved in a similar manner, see Christies New York, Auspicious Treasures, 22/3/2012, lot 1288.
清 十八世紀 黃楊木雕【和合二仙】像
作和合二仙形象，二仙面帶笑容，身著飄逸長袍並戴冠帽，一立一坐：一人捧盒內置龜，另一人執葫蘆，皮殼呈溫潤蜜褐色光澤，承天然形硬木座。
和合二仙象徵和諧、喜樂及婚姻美滿，「和」與「合」寓意團圓結合，「二仙」則指唐代詩僧寒山與拾得。
一件風格相近之黃楊木雕單像，見紐約佳士得《Auspicious Treasures》，2012年3月22日，拍品1288。
20.5cm high
Sold for $6,000
Lot 322
Depicting the Hehe Erxian (the twins), both smiling, each one standing in flowing robes wearing a headdress, one holding a box containing a tortoise, the other seated holding a gourd, lovely honey-brown patina, supported on a naturalistic hardwood stand.
The laughing twins represent harmony and mirth as well as bestowing blessing on marriages. The word "he" is the homonym for "union", while "erxian" means "the two holy ones". They actually represent the two famous poet-monks of the Tang Dynasty, Hanshan and Shide.
A single boxwood figure of carved in a similar manner, see Christies New York, Auspicious Treasures, 22/3/2012, lot 1288.
清 十八世紀 黃楊木雕【和合二仙】像
作和合二仙形象，二仙面帶笑容，身著飄逸長袍並戴冠帽，一立一坐：一人捧盒內置龜，另一人執葫蘆，皮殼呈溫潤蜜褐色光澤，承天然形硬木座。
和合二仙象徵和諧、喜樂及婚姻美滿，「和」與「合」寓意團圓結合，「二仙」則指唐代詩僧寒山與拾得。
一件風格相近之黃楊木雕單像，見紐約佳士得《Auspicious Treasures》，2012年3月22日，拍品1288。
20.5cm high
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Overall in good condition, with some minor old vertical cracks which are all consistent with age and use.
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