FOUR IVORY FIGURES OF LOHANS, each standing on a rockwork base, including Sheng Guiyi playing a pipa and standing on a rock, Yongbao holding the Buddhist wheel enveloped in flames and a fly-whisk, standing on a mythical animal, Guanshen Wuchang grasping a Buddhist staff while standing on a rock and wearing beads, and Wu Zhenchang holding a vase while standing on a vessel, 19th Century

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FOUR IVORY FIGURES OF LOHANS, each standing on a rockwork base, including Sheng Guiyi playing a pipa and standing on a rock, Yongbao holding the Buddhist wheel enveloped in flames and a fly-whisk, standing on a mythical animal, Guanshen Wuchang grasping a Buddhist staff while standing on a rock and wearing beads, and Wu Zhenchang holding a vase while standing on a vessel, 19th Century
each approx. 39cm high (4)
Literature
The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, vol.I, p.411, no.310, vol.II, p.427, no.322, and p.431, nos.326,324

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