Antique Chinese Hardwood Figure of an Immortal on Carved Stand – Hand Carved Oriental Sculpture – 36cm spitfiremodel or decorative barware item

or decorative barware item

Floral footstool/ottoman

aged patina and a freely turning propeller

19th century🌿 Brass-framed ebonised wooden cross🌿 Cast brass corpus with defined modelling🌿 Applied Sacred Heart and sunburst decoration🌿 INRI scroll plate🌿 Original brass hanging loop🌿 Traditional pinned construction🌿 Measures approx

These works depict Sussex countryside scenes

Antique Chinese Hardwood Figure of an Immortal on Carved Stand – Hand Carved Oriental Sculpture – 36cm spitfiremodel or decorative barware itemA finely hand carved Chinese hardwood figure depicting one of the Eight Immortals (Ba Xian), standing upon a naturalistic rocky base and mounted on a turned hardwood plinth. The smiling immortal is shown carrying a large pilgrim's hat over his shoulder and holding a small vessel or cup in his hand. The expressive facial carving, flowing robes and deeply carved folds demonstrate the quality of the craftsmanship. Based on the iconography, this figure