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                    A LARGE POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD            A LARGE POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD
                    FIGURE OF A LUOHAN                        FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
                    EARLY MING DYNASTY                        MING DYNASTY
                    the ascetic monk seated with the left knee raised and   seated with legs folded and the left hand resting on the left
                    embraced by the hooked left arm, the right leg pendent, the   thigh, the face turned slightly to the right with a passionately
                    face dramatic and stern, turned slightly towards the right with   stern expression, wearing robes crossed over the chest and
                    the eyes half closed with heavy lids, the features ! eshy and   secured at the waist with a sash, the kasaya falling about the
                    expressive, the body dressed in voluminous robes crossed   body and seat in voluminous drapery
                    low on the torso exposing the emaciated chest and falling in   Height 46½ in., 118 cm
                    weighty folds
                    Height 37 in., 94 cm                      $ 30,000-50,000
                                                              ׼   ˝ᎉ̋੹ᖯဏѬ྅
                    $ 40,000-60,000
                    ׼ڋ   ˝ᎉ̋੹ᖯဏѬ྅







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