Chinese wooden statues
Two carved wooden statues of the immortals. Rosewood with intricate silver wire inlay. They are each 13 inches tall, one being a beggar an the other a mandarin. Both are in very good condition.One has a 3 inch age crack.
Inherited from my uncle's collection. They were checked by the Philadelphia and Freer museums and said to be quite good.
Inherited
Maybe
Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. These appear to be chinese carved rosewood statues inlaid with metal wire of Lo-hans. These are two of the 18 Arhats, the one on the left wood be the sitting deer Lo-han or Arhat 坐鹿罗汉( the deer not shown), the one to the right wood be the dragon subdue lo-han 降龙罗汉 ( the dragon not shown). As you can see from the description, part of the traditional way to depict these lo-hans got lost. These would be typical products made for export during the chinese republic era or later. Similar statues are being offered or sold at auction. The estimate is based on auction results, asking prices might be higher.
