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A RARE DOCUMENTARY SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN
17TH CENTURY
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A RARE DOCUMENTARY SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN
17th century
Finely carved seated in lalitasana with a small Buddhistic lion playing at his feet, draped in flowing robes with lotus-scroll borders, holding a ruyi-sceptre in his right hand, his bare chest set with a tiny Buddha-head, a two-character signature at the back between the shoulders, minor foot rim chips
2½in. (6.5cm.) high
17th century
Finely carved seated in lalitasana with a small Buddhistic lion playing at his feet, draped in flowing robes with lotus-scroll borders, holding a ruyi-sceptre in his right hand, his bare chest set with a tiny Buddha-head, a two-character signature at the back between the shoulders, minor foot rim chips
2½in. (6.5cm.) high