Hardstone Carving of a Goat

Description:

Hardstone Carving of a Goat, China, 20th century, with one of its forelegs bent, holding a lingzhi mushroom in its mouth, dark green stone with gray matrix and russet markings, with a conforming wood stand, ht. 9 3/8 in.

Provenance: The estate of Ernest Helides.
Estimate $200-300

damage to one of the horns, repairs to one of the legs of the wood stand.


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