Lao Tse figure

Lot 2537 limit € 70

Green and gray soapstone, carved, standing old man with a long beard and wide robe, with his right hand leaning on a staff, holding a flower in his left, base in the form of a water dragon, palm rested, otherwise good condition, overall H approx. 20 cm, depicting the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, who probably lived in the 6th century BC