Lot Essay
Cf. a very similar carving from the Ip Yee collection, illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Wan Go Weng in the China Institute of America exhibition, Bamboo Carving, 1983, Catalogue, fig. 54
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A FINE BAMBOO CARVING OF A SEATED LUOHAN
17TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a plump figure in contemplation seated on a naturalistically formed rocky outcrop beside a dragon rising from cresting waves, wearing loose fitting robes falling off his shoulder, with one hand resting on his knee the other holding an orb--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high, stand
17TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a plump figure in contemplation seated on a naturalistically formed rocky outcrop beside a dragon rising from cresting waves, wearing loose fitting robes falling off his shoulder, with one hand resting on his knee the other holding an orb--3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high, stand