A CARVED BAMBOO 'SHOULAO AND CHILDREN' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

carved in the round as Shoulao seated on jagged rockwork and looking endearingly at a young child clambering on his left knee, depicted holding a peach in his right hand and supporting the child with his left, a small deer resting by his right with its head turned towards its left, two further children standing by his left conversing with each other, both holding a lingzhi stem, the bamboo of a warm honey-brown colour