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

Lot 674

A SOAPS TONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, 17TH / 18TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 25,000 - 30,000 USD

A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
17TH / 18TH CENTURY
十七 / 十八世紀 壽山石雕羅漢坐像

deftly carved, the deity seated with the left knee bent supporting the left elbow, the head slightly lowered reading a book held in
the hands, the hair, beard, and eyebrows finely incised and painted in black pigment, dressed in a loose robe falling open at the
chest and draped in naturalistic folds, a cowl covering the head with the hems finely incised with a brocade pattern and inset with
small colored stones and coral, all supported on a rocky base with branches, the semi-translucent stone of a creamy color with
blushes of red at the cowl

Height 3½ in., 9 cm

Provenance
American Private Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 31st March-1st April 2005, lot 205.

來源
美國私人收藏
紐約蘇富比2005年3月31日至4月1日，編號205

Catalogue Note

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/important-chinese-art?locale=en 256/435