19TH CENTURY
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**AN IVORY FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
19th Century
The emaciated figure dressed as a mendicant, wearing torn and knotted garments and a straw hat slung over his shoulders, holding a Buddhistic lion cub in his right hand, his left hand holding the tether of the adult lion crouching beneath his right foot
8.5/8in. (21.9cm.) high
19th Century
The emaciated figure dressed as a mendicant, wearing torn and knotted garments and a straw hat slung over his shoulders, holding a Buddhistic lion cub in his right hand, his left hand holding the tether of the adult lion crouching beneath his right foot
8.5/8in. (21.9cm.) high