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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (960-1368)
The graceful, long-waisted figure is shown seated in padmasana with hands extended in
varadamudra, his robes is worn around his torso and draped over one shoulder leaving
the other exposed and falling in graceful folds below the legs as if draped over an edge,
the neck creased and the slender face well cast with crisp features set in a contemplative
expression.
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high
HK$5,000,000-8,000,000 US$650,000-1,000,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2000, lot 159
宋 / 元 鎏金銅羅漢坐像
來源
紐約佳士得，2000 年 3 月 21 日，拍品 159 號
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