A KESI 'SHOULAO AND CHILD' PANEL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the rectangular panel depicting Shoulao with a large peach in one hand, his other arm resting beside a bough of peaches on the deer beside him, the animal with its head turned towards the deity smiling kindly at the child by his side, the youth carrying a gnarled staff suspending a scroll, with a bat flying overhead, worked in the kesi technique with additional painted details and shading, framed