A Group of Four 19th/Early 20th Century Oriental Carved Wooden Figures (All A/F): A Goddess stood with one foot on a lotus leaf, the other on the head of a grotesque, 17¾'' (45 cm) high. The immortal Jurojin with mother-of-pearl inset eyes, bulging forehead and long beard, holding a ruyi scepter and peach with a stork stood by his side, and one foot on the head of a turtle, 17½'' (43 cm) high. A boxwood figure with long intricately detailed beard and flowing robe tied in tasselled cord 9'' (23 cm) high. A walnut carving of seated Hotei, 6½'' (16.5 cm) in height.

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