YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 13TH-16TH CENTURY

The soft, rounded facial features of the present head bear a resemblance to those of a seated wood luohan dated Song/Ming dynasty sold in these rooms, 16 October 2001, lot 316. See, also, the painted wood head of a luohan dated to the Song dynasty sold in these rooms 20 September 2005, lot 144, which was also carved with rather soft features and a benign and contemplative expression.