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

Lot 673

A SUPE RB SOAPS TONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, ATTRIBUT ED TO ZHOU BIN, 17TH / 18TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD

A SUPERB SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, ATTRIBUTED TO ZHOU BIN
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
十七 / 十八世紀 壽山石雕羅漢坐像

masterfully carved, the deity seated with legs crossed, the hands resting in the lap, the face with a serene expression detailed with
downcast eyes above a broad nose and a slightly upturned mouth, the hair, beard, and eyebrows finely incised and painted in black
pigment, dressed in a loose robe draped in naturalistic folds over the arms and legs, cloaked in a long striped cape finely incised
along the hem with meandering lotus scrolls and inset with mother-of-pearl and coral, all above a rockwork base meticulously
incised on the top with a brocade pattern, the underside with a two-column inscription reading dishiqizunzhe ruding Shangjun
(The seventeenth Luohan in meditation, Shangjun), the stone a milky white color with blushes of red

《第十七尊者入定》《尚均》款

Height 3⅜ in., 8.7 cm

Provenance
Private collection, acquired prior to 1993, and thence by descent.

來源
私人收藏，得於1993年之前，此後家族傳承

Catalogue Note

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