Boxwood Carving of Budai

Description:

Boxwood Carving of Budai, China, seated on stylized rockwork, with boy figures playing around him, depicted smiling with his white teeth showing, with a conforming wood stand, overall ht. 9 3/8, Budai ht. 8 3/8 in.

Provenance: The estate of Ernest Helides.
Estimate $300-500

in good condition with some surface dirt, loss of inlaid details.


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