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A BLUE AND WHITE FIGURE OF A
SEATED LUOHAN
MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD

well modeled, the figure seated in dhyanasana
atop a tall, slightly waisted rockwork pedestal,
one hand holding a flame symbol, the other
at the waist pulling the edge of the long
voluminous sleeve closer to the body, the
loose robes falling in rhythmic folds around
the body, the head with rounded contours in
benign meditative pose, the close shaven head,
downcast eyes and thick brows all picked out in
underglaze blue, the overall glaze with a bluish
tint pooling in the recesses to pale blue-green
height 8 in., 20.3 cm
a similarly decorated related figure of Budai,
from the edward t. Chow Collection, was sold
in our hong Kong rooms, 19th may 1981, lot 417.
another figure of Budai with underglaze blue
decoration on the robe and pedestal sold in our
paris rooms, 27th June 2001, lot 201. see also
a figure of a boy, attributed to the Wanli period,
included in the exhibition and illustrated in The
Fame of Flame Imperial Wares of the Jiajing
and Wanli Periods, University museum and art
Gallery, the University of hong Kong, hong
Kong, 2009, cat. no. 105. 735
$ 20,000-30,000

明萬曆 青釉青花羅漢坐像

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propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’
MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
the sides rising to a rounded shoulder sweeping
inward to a short, waisted neck, the central
register with two line-drawn dragons contesting
a ‘flaming pearl’, all above a register of rocky
peaks emerging from swelling waves below, the
shoulder with four shaped cartouches enclosing
fruiting peach sprays reserved against a
wanzi-pattern ground, upright plantain leaves
encircling the neck
height 10⅝ in., 27 cm
PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, new York, 3rd october 1968.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 5,000-7,000

明十六世紀 青花雲龍戲珠紋梅瓶

來源
弗蘭克•卡羅，紐約，1968年10月3日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
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