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TWO POLYCHROME AND GILT DECORATED STUCCO
FIGURES OF LUOHAN
Yuan/Ming dynasty Such figures formed part of much larger sets that were a popular
Both portrayed with bushy eyebrows and alert eyes, similarly clad in form of temple decoration during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. For
long robes beneath a kasaya, the first seated with legs crossed and similar Ming dynasty stucco figures, see Chai Zejun and Chai Yumei,
hands resting in the lap, the kasaya pulled over the head; the second Ancient Painted Statues in Shanxi Province, Beijing, 2008, pp. 330-
seated with both feet on the ground and hands in anjalimudra, with 387; and Buddhist Sculpture of Shanxi Province, Hong Kong, 1991,
the end of the kasaya draped over the left shoulder. pp. 199-229.
12 1/4in (31cm) high, the taller
$3,000 - 5,000

元/明 彩塑羅漢像兩尊

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