a fine bamboo carving of Shoulao Qing dynasty, 19th century

carved in the round with Shoulao seated upon rockwork, holding a branch of two peaches in one hand, his hair pulled back and his face shaded by a leaf-shaped adornment, slightly bent over to acknowledge with a smile a happy boy by his side, as the boy with his hair in topknots offers the Immortal a large peach, the wood of light-brown color

In good condition with expected age cracks along the bottom. Shoulao's proper left arm has a small crack where the robe and his arm meets. Small and very minor holes to the head area. Old restoration to the leaf-shape hat.
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