A RARE POLYCHROME STONEWARE SEATED LUOHAN

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A RARE POLYCHROME STONEWARE SEATED LUOHAN
MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER

Seated in virasana, wearing a collared tunic with layers of sashes draped around the shoulders, the long sleeves falling in folds to the waist, the face modelled with a contamplative expression with characteristic long ear lobes, traces of black, green, pink, red and blue pigments
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Arthur Vernay, Nassau, Bahamas

Lot Essay

Believed to have come from the Sun Wu Tsu Temple, in Shan-so Province.

This figure, together with other Luohans figures believed to have come from the same temple, were previously asumed to be date to the Song Dynasty. Recent scholarship, however, suggest a Ming dynasty date is more appropriate.

(US$20,000-25,000)

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