Description
A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, QING
China, 1644-1912. The immortal intricately carved with a gentle smile, an urna above the eyes, and the hair in tight curls, wearing long flowing robes and holding a ruyi scepter in one hand, leaning against a layered rock with a censer on top, the smoke emerging behind him.
Provenance: From an old French private collection.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, natural fissures of the stone may have developed into small cracks, tiny losses.
Weight: 301.9 g
Dimensions: Height 7.3 cm (the figure) and 9.2 cm (incl. base)
With an associated mahogany wood base. (2)
Auction result comparison: Compare with a similar soapstone luohan attributed to Zhou Bin and dated to the 17th century (Qing) sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection – Playthings on 2 June 2016, lot 73, for HKD $812,500.
芙蓉石雕羅漢坐像,清代
中國,1644-1912。羅漢面帶微笑,眼間有慧眼,著長袍,右手持如意杖,靠在山石上,山石之上放著一個香爐,烟霧繚繞。
來源:法國私人收藏
品相:品相良好,輕微磨損。天然裂縫可能會發展爲小裂縫,輕微缺損。
重量:301.9 克
尺寸:高 7.3 厘米 (人物) ,9.2 厘米 (含底座)