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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 653

A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'LUOHAN' BOULDER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'LUOHAN' BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 青白玉雕羅漢圖山子

ovoid boulder carved in varying relief with a cavernous grotto sheltering the sixth luohan, Bodhidharma, seated on a mat with legs
crossed under a loose robe, the left hand resting on the knee and holding a rosary, the face turned upward with a contemplative
expression, amid craggy rocks and a gnarled tree, lingzhi sprigs sprouting at the reverse, the stone a very pale celadon with thin
passages of russet skin

Height 5 in., 12.7 cm

Provenance
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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