A SONG-STYLE GRAY STONE HEAD OF A LUOHAN

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A SONG-STYLE GRAY STONE HEAD OF A LUOHAN
The face well carved with small, well-defined mouth, small, fine nose and long curved eyes barely open below the arch of the brows, all contributing to a spiritual and benign expression, the stone of dark gray tone
7in. (17.8cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Compare the head of a stucco seated luohan, dated Northern Song in the Chongqing Temple, Shanxi, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, Diaosu; Wudai Song Diaosu (The Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts, Sculpture; Five Dynasties and Song Sculpture), vol. 5, 1988, p. 68, no. 66