MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Two related seated wood figures of luohan, each with a dedicatory inscription, are illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji - Diao shu pian 5 - Wudai Song diao su, Beijing, 1988, pp. 40-41. Compare, also, a group of painted stucco figures of seated luohan illustrated ibid. pp. 44-54, each individually carved with an expressive face and gestures, and the group shown within a temple context, pp. 42-43.