Lot 62
62
A LARGE CARVED WOOD HEAD OF A LOHAN SONG/MING DYNASTY

Details
A LARGE CARVED WOOD HEAD OF A LOHAN SONG/MING DYNASTY
Well carved with squared chin, high cheekbones, furrowed brow and slightly bulbous forehead, the eyes with traces of black and white pigment, much of the original fabric and gesso layer remaining, losses--22in. (55.9cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Compare two smaller wood heads of the same expressive type and as well carved, one in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, dated to the Song Dynasty, illustrated in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture, pl. 142, and another illustrated by Visser, Asiatic Art, pl. 85