A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN

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A BLANC-DE-CHINE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
17TH CENTURY

Shown seated atop a pierced rock plinth with one of his shoes balanced on an outcropping of rock to the side, with his robes wrapped around him and his foot protruding from beneath the hem, his face crisply modeled with curly goatee, mustache and brows below the cowl covering his head, covered in an ivory-colored glaze pooling in areas to a yellowish tone
12¼in. (31.1cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a smaller luohan in a similar pose see P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969, pl. 152(b). For another example of a luohan seated on a low rockwork base see Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, May 5, 1979, lot 378