A LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN

16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN
16TH/17TH CENTURY
The bald figure has a scowling expression and is shown seated with left hand raised in a fist and right hand lowered near the right thigh. There is a large cavity in the back above a closed cavity in the lower body. There are traces of gilding and red pigment.
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Fong Chow (1923-2012) Collection, New York, acquired prior to 1966.

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Lot Essay

This figure is stylistically similar to a wood figure of a Buddhist monk of smaller size (21.65 in. high), dated 16th or 17th century, illustrated by O. Sirén in Chinese Sculpture in the von der Heydt Collection, Museum Reitberg, Zurich, 1959, pp. 166-67, no. 65. The facial features, and the knobby protrubence on the head are quite similar, and although the robes are of a different type, the manner in which they are carved is also quite similiar.

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