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A RARE LARGE BRONZE ‘LUOHAN AND
ELEPHANT’ INCENSE BURNER
17th century
The luohan seated with a smiling expression,
wearing voluminous robes open at the chest
decorated with crane and cloud scroll motifs and
pierced to the reverse as a smoke outlet, a scroll
held in the crook of his left arm; the elephant with
the head turned towards the back, wearing a saddle
cloth with archaistic characters within sinuous
dragon borders and elaborate beaded trappings to
the body.
44cm (17 1/4in) high. (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七世紀 騎象羅漢香薰

The Luohan riding the elephant can be identified as
Kalika, one of the Eighteen Arhats also known as
the ‘Elephant Riding Luohan’ 騎象羅漢. Compare
with a related bronze figure of Guanyin seated on
an elephant, late Ming to Qing dynasty, illustrated in
The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork,
Hong Kong, 1991, no.7.

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TWO SOAPSTONE FIGURES OF ZHANG
GUOLAO
18th century
Each figure finely carved with a long beard and a
smiling expression, wearing a scholar’s cap above
pendulous ears, clad in long flowing robes incised
with dragon roundels, Shou characters and floral
scrolls, holding a large bamboo drum in his hands,
wood stands.
Each 19cm (7.5in) high. (4).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 壽山石雕張果老立像 一組兩件

Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, is
recognisable by his tube-shaped bamboo drum,
sometimes with mallets or rods. Compare with a
related soapstone figure of Zhang Guolao, 18th
century, illustrated by Ho Kam-chuen, Splendour of
the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1992, p.384, no.250;
see another example illustrated by M.Eberle,
Götter aus Stein: Die Sammlung chinesischer
Specksteinfiguren auf Schloss Friedenstien Gotha,
Gotha, 2015, no.213.
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See a related soapstone standing figure of Zhang
Guolao, 18th century, which was sold at Christie’s
London, 8 November 2013, lot 1410.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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