Lot 123
123
A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
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A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN

MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER

Details
A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
Cast seated with his right foot resting on the left knee, his right hand raised and his left holding a pearl, wearing a monastic patchwork robe fastened at the left shoulder with a floral knot suspending a ring, his face with a gentle meditative expression, lacquered overall in gilt
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
Provenance
From a Roman collection
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Although bronze luohan figures of this type are often dated to the Ming period, the sensitivity in the modelling of the face and the treatment of the garment on the current are reminiscent of some of the figures dated to the Song/Yuan periods. Compare, for example, two gilt-bronze luohan figures sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2000, lot 159; and the other, 21 March 2002, lot 53.

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