ANTIQUE CHINESE JADE HAND CARVING DEPICTS OF MAN HOLDS A WHITE SNAKE PORTRAYING CHINESE LEGEND OF LADY WHITE SNAKEIN FORKLORE, AFTER THOUSANDSOF YEARS CULTIVATING GOOD DEEDS. WHITE SNAKE TRANSFORMS INTO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY WHO MARRIES A HANDSOME MAN, THEY OPEN A MEDICINESHOP AND FIND SUCCESS. THIS INVOKES THE WRATH OF MONK FA HAI WHO KNOWS LADY WHITE IS A SNAKE AND BELIEVES ALL “DEMONS” SHOULD BE EXORCIZED. HE IMPRISONS LADY WHITE SNAKE UNDER LEIFENG PAGODA. AFTER MANY YEARS AND MUCH PATHOS, SHE IS RELEASED BY HER SON AND THE FAMILY IS REUNATED. 15″H X 8″W X5DEEP. The item “ANTIQUE CHINESE JADE CARVED STATUE DEPICTS CHINESE LEGEND OF LADY WHITE SNAKE15″ is in sale since Wednesday, March 18, 2015. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Figurines & Statues”. The seller is “silkboxing” and is located in Renton, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: STATUE
- Primary Material: Jade
- Age: 1850-1899
- Region of Origin: China
- Original/Reproduction: Original