Lot 256
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STATUETTE D'ASCETE EN BUIS SCULPTE
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STATUETTE D'ASCETE EN BUIS SCULPTE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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STATUETTE D'ASCETE EN BUIS SCULPTE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Finement sculpté, représenté assis sur un baluchon, les bras appuyés sur son genou droit replié, les côtes saillantes, les traits du visage émaciés, portant barbe et moustache, le crâne dégarni, socle en bois sculpté ; tête cassée et petits manques
Hauteur: 14 cm. (5½ in.)
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A FINELY CARVED BOXWOOD FIGURE OF AN ASCETIC
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

Compare with a similar piece sold in Beijing Hanhai Rooms, 20 June 2005, lot 2495 ; see also a bamboo figure of an ascetic illustrated in G. Tsang and H. Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong 1986, pl.49

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