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AN 18 CENTURY BAMBOO-ROOT FIGURE OF A
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LUOHAN WITH GOLD INGOTS ġ
Bamboo
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China, 18 century

This masterly carved bamboo-root figure depicts a
Luohan, seated, leaning against a rock and with a little
bowl in front of him. On the rock behind him we see one
gold ingot and in either hand he holds another, carefully
examining the one in his left hand.

The bony shoulders and spine stand in amusing contrast
to the outsized belly and chubby feet. In general, this is a
sculpture with a fine sense of humor, the facial expression
is simply hilarious, another remarkable feature are the
natural bamboo shoot marks that lend the head a knobby
look.
Shape: Figural shape
Dimensions: 11,5 cm (length), 10,5 cm (height)
Condition: Good condition with natural patina and few
small age hairlines, material loss to one earring
Provenance: British private collection

Literature comparison: For a bamboo-root figure of
a Daoist immortal of comparable quality, size and
dating to the same period see Sotheby’s, SATURDAY
AT SOTHEBY’S: ASIAN ART, 19 SEPTEMBER 2015, NEW
YORK, lot 942.

⋩ℓᶾ䲨䪡㟡晽伭㻊
䪡㟡
ᷕ⚳炻⋩ℓᶾ䲨
忁ẞ晽⇣䱦㸃䘬䪡㟡Ṣ䈑⇣䔓Ḯ仿㯱⛸Ḷ⿒䞛ᷳᶲ炻暁ㇳ
⎬㊩ᶨᾳ⃫⮞ˤ橐柕䘬偑儨␴傲㞙冯ⶐ⣏䘬儡悐␴ᶵ㛥䘬
偾᷶᷶䘬儛⼊ㆸḮ㚱嵋䘬⮵㭼炻仿㯱忈✳䬨⋽侴㛜⭆炻ἄ侭
⮡℞朊悐䘬⇣䓣䛨≃㚨ⶍ炻Ữ恋⍴㖷愺ᶵ⭂䘬䛤䜃炻⌜德↢
崭Ṣ䘬㘢ㄏ␴朆↉䘬䀝⿏炻䉞⅁ℍ⽖炻䓇≐Ỉ䤆ˤἄ侭⮡仿
㯱䘬⚃偊炻䔍ἄ刢㛗䘬⣠⻈炻恋桌≐䘬嵛㊯炻ἧἄ⑩⡆⻢Ḯ
㖈旸䘬ね嵋ˤ⎎ᶨᾳ栗叿䈡溆㗗ἄ侭傥ẍ䪡㟡ᷢ㛸㕁炻晽
擪↢⤪㬌㟑㟑⤪䓇䘬仿㯱⁷炻䛇㗗䤆㕏ᷳ≇ˤ
晐⼊侴晽
⯢⮠烉攟11,5 cm炻檀 10,5 cm
⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧冒䃞炻㚱⸜ẋ㇨农䳘⮷塪䲳炻ᶨ晣俛䑘ᶲ
㛸㕁仢⣙
劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷

Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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