19TH CENTURY
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A FINE SET OF IVORY CARVINGS OF THE EIGHTEEN LUOHAN
19th century
Each figure carved wearing long-sleeved robes with embroidered hems and standing on a pierced rockwork oval base, the majority with a bald head with expressive features, holding various musical instruments, Buddhist symbols or scholar's utensils, some age patination
approx. 11 in. (28 cm.) high (18)
19th century
Each figure carved wearing long-sleeved robes with embroidered hems and standing on a pierced rockwork oval base, the majority with a bald head with expressive features, holding various musical instruments, Buddhist symbols or scholar's utensils, some age patination
approx. 11 in. (28 cm.) high (18)
Provenance
Sasson Ivories Trust nos.329/305, 330/306, 332/300, 335/642, 336/643, 339/646, 340/649, 341/648, 344/312, 346/641, 351/655, 352/656, 355/307, 357/309, 358/310, 359/297, 360/296, 362/298.