17th/18th century
The Immortal is seated sideways on his recumbent companion, a deer on a circular base, his right hand grasping one of the animal's thin antlers, his left hand holding a scroll. He is clad in long robes tied with a long string below his belly.
His hair is gathered in a knot at the back of his head suspending long ribbons covering his shoulders. The animal with one thin leg lifted and head turned back.
Areas of parcel gilding contrast with the deep brown bronze. The base is partly hollow and is finished with three pins which reveal that the figure was once attached to a larger object, probably a censer.
Height 11 cm
A very similar group, also part of a larger piece, was sold at Spink & Son, Ltd., 4th May 1979
WF 50 十七或十八世紀 銅局部鎏金壽老騎鹿像
壽老側坐於伏地瑞鹿之背，下承圓座。壽老右手輕扶鹿角，左手執經卷。身著長袍，腰間束帶。束髮於後，帛帶垂及雙肩。瑞鹿引頸回首，一足微屈，神態靈動。
全器局部鎏金，與古雅之深褐銅色對比鮮明。底座局部中空，存有三枚銷釘，由此推斷此像原應與較大型器物（或為香爐）相連。
高 11 公分
倫敦斯賓克（Spink & Son, Ltd.）曾於1979年5月4日售出一件與本品極其相似之像，其亦為大型器物之部件。
