A PAIR OF GILT-LACQUERED HARDWOOD FIGURES OF DAOIST IMMORTALS, MING DYNASTY China, 16^th-17^th century. Each finely carved seated with the hands clasped in front shrouded by wide sleeves, wearing long flowing robes, dressed in official’s caps with beaded decoration and layers of draped robes with sashes, the backs revealing small hollowed and lidded consecratory chambers. (2)

Provenance: From an ancient aristocratic private collection in Vienna, Austria, and thence by descent in the same family.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses to wood and lacquer gilding, age cracks, signs of weathering and erosion, chips. Each with a metal hook of later date attached to the back. The consecratory chambers to the interior are empty.

Weight: 1,916 g and 1,781 g
Dimensions: Height 50.5 cm and 51 cm

明代一對鎏金漆木雕仙人坐像
中國，十六至十七世紀。精細雕刻，雙手攏於袖中，身著外袍，頭戴珠飾與官帽，後背加蓋。

來源：奧地利維也納貴族私人收藏，在同一家族保存至今。
品相：狀況良好，與年齡稱。大面積磨損，木材和鎏金缺損，老化裂縫、風化和侵蝕跡象、磕損。背面有金屬鉤。背後小蓋處内裏掏空。

重量：分別為1,916 克與 1,781 克
尺寸： 高50.5 厘米 and 51 厘米