Lot 1950
1950
A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED LUOHAN

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A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED LUOHAN
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY

The figure is cast seated with legs folded under a voluminous robe secured with a floral clasp fastened at the chest, the face finely modelled with high cheek bones and arched eyebrows above well-defined circular eyes, the hair dressed into a topknot and swept under a turban covered by a cowl, adorned with floral earrings suspended from pendulous ears, one hand in Bhumisparsa mudra, gesture of 'touching the earth', holding a rosary in the other
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
Provenance
An American private collection

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Lot Essay

The present sculpture appears to be unique. The floral design along the garment edges is related to Buddhist images of the late Yuan/early Ming dynasty such as the seated Siddhartha in the Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated by Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 515 no. 143E.

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