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A SMALL SOAPSTONE SEAL 360
The rectangular section seal carved in low relief with a landscape
scene with birds and flowers, the face with a three-character
inscription.
5.5cm (2 1/8in)

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

359 Y
A DOCUMENTARY PAINTED SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A
LUOHAN
Cyclically dated to Renwu year, corresponding to AD1622 or 1682 and
of the period
With gentle face downcast, the figure seated with one leg up and
hands resting on the knee, the body hidden beneath a thickly folded
robe incised with scrolling clouds and floral hem variously painted red,
green and yellow, hard wood stand. 18cm (7 1/8in) high (2)

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000

Provenance
A private collection formed in Johannesburg during the early 20th
century.

The first inscriptions on the base maybe translated as:

The natural world gives rise to sufficient joy like complete fortune and
abundant virtue.
Carved by You Shishi (Mr Friend of the Stone) at Er Mei Xuan (Two
Fools Pavilion)

The other inscription maybe translated as:

Laugh at those whose eyes are most ignorant,
That do not see the lungs and livers but only the skin;
When people arrive at misfortune they spout in vain,
Seated on the praying mat, meditating, is a man.

Done in the Seventh Month, Autumn, of the Renwu year, my dear
young friend Rong Mingxiang in Zhuibu Mountain Garden.

360
A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
18th century
The figure finely carved, wearing elaborately draped robes, the right
hand resting upon his raised knee, a Buddhist lion cub standing at his
side and gazing upwards, the yellowsh green stone with warm russet
inclusions, set on a pierced rockwork-form stand. 10cm (4in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000

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