Magu With A Deer, China, Qing Dynasty, 19th-20th Century.

This White China (Dehua) porcelain figurine represents the Taoist immortal goddess Magu, revered as the patron saint of longevity. The goddess is accompanied by a deer, which in Chinese iconography symbolizes prosperity and success, and a woven basket filled with flowers or fruit (probably immortality peaches). Her face features subtle, delicately drawn features, with half-closed eyelids; her hair is meticulously pulled up into a high bun, adorned with small flowers. The figure is dressed in a flowing, multi-layered robe of harmonious lines, with a characteristic wide, decorative collar and ornamental bangs falling to the waist.

Chinese white (Dehua), China, Qing dynasty, late 19th - early 20th century. Old inventory number on back.

Height 45.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 11 cm.

Good condition, one of the stag's horns is broken.

A similar figurine at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/51042

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