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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION 清十七至十八世紀 周彬作壽山石雕羅漢
AN EXCEPTIONAL SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A 坐像
LUOHAN BY ZHOU BIN
QING DYNASTY, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY 《古閩周彬尚均氏製》款
seated on a quatrefoil cushion, leaning onto the left hand 來源
with the right knee raised at the opposite side of the body, 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏，得於1964年之前
the right hand gesturing in front of the chest, the body
draped in loose robes fluttering upward at the hem lines, the 展覽
fabrics finely incised with the brocade patterns gilt, the head 《Ming Ch’ing Dynasties, A.D. 1368-1644, A.D. 1644-1912》
bowed and rising to a high dome, the lips, eyes, and hair ，芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，1964年
pigmented for naturalistic effect, the cushion incised with
intricate patterns and the recessed lines filled-in with gilt and
silver, the carpet spread over a conforming rock base and
pierced with two holes for an attachment, the underside of
the rock incised and gilt Gumin Zhong Bin Shangjunshi zhi,
the stone of the figure a pale creamy orange, the stone of the
base a translucent graphite-gray
Height 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978), acquired by
1964.
EXHIBITED
Ming Ch’ing Dynasties, A.D. 1368-1644, A.D. 1644-1912, The
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1964.
$ 120,000-150,000

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