Lot Essay
For a very similar figure see Von Walter Bondy, Kang-Hsi, 1923, p. 176
Details
A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF A LOHAN
KANGXI
The seated, corpulent figure holding a yellow alms bowl supported on his right knee, his face finely modeled with jubilant expression, wearing a multi-colored patchwork robe loosely draped around his shoulders exposing his upper torso and protuberant belly and falling in soft folds onto the flat shaped base where a black slipper is delicately balanced at the edge--5 1/2 in. (14.2cm.) high
KANGXI
The seated, corpulent figure holding a yellow alms bowl supported on his right knee, his face finely modeled with jubilant expression, wearing a multi-colored patchwork robe loosely draped around his shoulders exposing his upper torso and protuberant belly and falling in soft folds onto the flat shaped base where a black slipper is delicately balanced at the edge--5 1/2 in. (14.2cm.) high
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York