19th century
The God of Immortality is depicted seated astride a deer, while holding a large ruyi sceptre in his right hand and a peach in his left. His head shows the characteristic protruding forehead with expressive wrinkles and arched brows. His finely incised long beard frames his chin below his warm smiling face. A cap is fastened at the back of his head, suspending two strings. He is dressed in a plaited robe with ample sleeves, fastened at the waist with a sash and cascading in undulous folds over his trousers and over the back of the deer.
The animal is standing four-square, with a large saddle over its back to support the Immortal, with its head turned to the right, watching a standing boy holding a lingzhi stem in both hands. The boy is wearing a tunic over baggy trousers, his hair surmounted by an ornament in the form of a pomegranate.
The carving shows a warm honey-coloured patina.
Height: 30.2 cm
WF 80 十九世紀 竹雕壽老童子
整器以竹雕為騎鹿壽老像，壽老手持如意與蟠桃，鬚髯長，衣裳寬博。鹿旁有一童子手持靈芝，配戴石榴形髮飾。
高30.2公分
