A BRONZE 'IMMORTAL AND BOYS' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

the grinning immortal standing on elevated ground and looking into the distance, one arm outstretched and holding a pearl in the other, his robes and long sleeves billowing around him and wearing a breastplate decorated with cranes among clouds tied snugly around his waist, one of the boys in front similarly dressed with a breastplate of clouds, holding a brush in one hand and an inkwell in the other, his companion with plants in the crook of his arm and raising a pearl in his left hand 

The three figures cast separately and attached to the base. There is expected light surface wear, consistent with age and the type. The groups is in good overall condition.
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