Lot Essay
Previously sold at Etude Tajan, Paris, 11 February 1998, lot 114.
Compare with a similar Qianlong marked jade carving of a luohan seated in a grotto, but holding a sutra beside an incense burner sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 326. Compare two further examples, one from the British Museum collection, the other from the Sir Joseph Hotung Collection, illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade, London, 1995, p. 410, fig.1 and pl. 29:19 where the author discusses the origins and significance of this group of carvings.
Compare with a similar Qianlong marked jade carving of a luohan seated in a grotto, but holding a sutra beside an incense burner sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 1997, lot 326. Compare two further examples, one from the British Museum collection, the other from the Sir Joseph Hotung Collection, illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade, London, 1995, p. 410, fig.1 and pl. 29:19 where the author discusses the origins and significance of this group of carvings.