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A LARGE IRON FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN, SONG / YUAN DYNASTY, the languid figure seated, the
left knee raised and supporting the draped left arm, the expressive face with a high pointed nose and deep-set mouth, set in a joyful smile,
clothed in an outer robe open in pleats revealing the broad, bare chest and the dhoti contoured over the rounded belly, a squared ring
pendent from the surplice over the left shoulder, raised on a squared base supported on four angled, tapering feet
Ⴘ ٰ 䥢㒲⑏౽׼
Height 21½ in., 54.6 cm
$ 40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
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