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695

propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon
A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A SEATED
LUOHAN
BY HUI YI, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
deftly carved, the deity seated with legs
crossed, the hands resting in the lap, the head
slightly bowed, dressed in a loose robe falling
open at the chest revealing the tied edge of
the dhoti and draped in naturalistic folds over
the arms and legs, the hem of the robe finely
incised with a brocade pattern and inset with a
seed pearl and small colored stones, the hair,
beard, and eyebrows finely incised and painted
in black pigment, the stone transmuting from a
golden yellow tone at the head to a coral tone at
the legs, the upper back signed Hui Yi
height 2½ in., 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE
nagatani, Chicago, 1st april 1965.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

695 $ 12,000-15,000
十七 / 十八世紀 壽山石雕羅漢
坐像

《輝彝》款
來源
Nagatani，芝加哥，1965年4月1日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

696

propertY From a north amerICan prIVate
CoLLeCtIon
A RARE INSCRIBED ‘HETU LUOSHU’
‘DUAN’ INKSTONE
QING DYNASTY
of circular form with a slightly concave ink
platform encircled by a channeled ring, the
exterior walls with a poetic inscription in raised
seal script with an incised circular seal, Wangshi
yuanxiang zhencang (‘treasure of the Wang
clan’), the countersunk base centered by a Hetu
Luoshu diagram surrounded by three striding
696 dragons against a stippled ground, zitan cover
and stand (3)
Diameter 11 in., 28 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

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