A RARE POLYCHROME STONEWARE SEATED LUOHAN

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A RARE POLYCHROME STONEWARE SEATED LUOHAN
MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER

Seated in vajrasana, wearing a collared tunic with layers of sashes draped around the shoulders, the long sleeves falling in folds to the waist, the face modelled with a contemplative expression with characteristic long ear lobes, traces of black, green, pink, red and blue pigments (minor losses, nicks to extremities)
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Arthur Vernay, Nassau, Bahamas.

Lot Essay

Previously sold in these Rooms, 28 April 1997, lot 528.

This luohan figure is originally believed to have come from the Sun Wu Tsu Temple, in Shanxi Province. Together with other luohan figures believed to have come from the same temple, the present lot was previously dated to the Song dynasty, but recent scholarship suggests a Ming dynasty date to be more appropriate.

(US$26,000-40,000)

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