A Painted Grey Stone Figure of a Luohan

YUAN/MING DYNASTY

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A Painted Grey Stone Figure of a Luohan
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Well carved seated with left leg crossed atop the right knee and head resting against his left hand, his priest's robes falling in graceful folds, his face carved with languid expression and a small urna below his bald pate, with traces of black, dark red and red pigment
38in. (96.cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Stylistically this figure is similar to another grey stone figure of a bald-headed luohan dated to the Jin or Yuan dynasty and illustrated by O. Sirn, Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine, vol. III, La Sculpture de l'poque Han a l'poque Ming, Paris and Brussels, 1930, pl. 115 D. Compare, also, the torso of a similar luohan, his cheek also resting against his hand, dated 1206-1368, illustrated in Fojiao Diaosu Mingpin Tulu (Images of Famous Buddhist Sculpture), Beijing, 1997, p. 592, no. 566.

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