Description
A ‘SLEEPING DAMO WITH QILIN’ LACQUERED WOOD GROUP, 18TH CENTURY
China. The reclining figure carved resting on a low table with scrolled ends, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest revealing his emaciated body, a small qilin pup peering out, the wood of a warm, rich and dark tone.
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, December 1979. Traudi and Peter Plesch, United Kingdom, acquired from the above. Christie’s London, 3.11.2009, Lot 174, sold for GBP £6,875. A private collector, acquired from the above. Old labels from Spink, Christies and Plesch Collection ‘Ws 18’ to base.
Published: Spink & Son Ltd., London, ‘Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China & the Far East’, 1979, page 33, catalogue no. 178.
Condition: Very good condition with old wear, natural flaws and fissures, two tiny old repairs to edges. Fine, unctuous patina.
Weight: 853.6 g
Dimensions: Length 20 cm
Note the extremely fine detail incision work to beard and eyebrows of the Bodhidharma.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related, but much smaller carving of Damo at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art, 03 April 2018, lot 3700, sold for HKD $100,000.
木雕達摩麒麟,十八世紀
中國,達摩斜倚在靠座上,著長袍露胸,他的左手懷抱著一隻小麒麟。小麒麟望向空中,生動活潑。溫暖濃郁深色的木料。
來源:Spink & Son Ltd藝廊,1979年12月。英國Traudi and Peter Plesch,購於上述藝廊。倫敦佳士得,2009年11月3日,拍號174,成交價GBP £6.875。一個私人收藏家購於上述拍賣。底部可見標簽:Spink,佳士得及 Plesch 收藏 ‘Ws 18’。
出版:Spink & Son Ltd.出版, 英國倫敦,‘Bamboo and Wood Carvings ofChina
& the Far East’,1979年,頁33,圖錄號178。
品相:品相機好,老磨損,天然缺陷和裂紋,邊沿上兩道細小舊時修補。細膩厚潤的包漿。
重量:853.6 克
尺寸:長 20 厘米