A soapstone figure of a Luohan, attributed to Zhou Bin

17th / 18th century

十七 / 十八世紀 壽山石雕第十四尊者看書像

《第十四尊者看書》《尚均》款

superbly carved, the deity seated leaning slightly onto the right hand with the left knee raised supporting the left hand holding an open book, the face with a serene expression detailed with downcast eyes above a broad nose and a slightly upturned mouth, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes, the hair, eyes, and eyebrows finely incised and painted in black pigment, dressed in a loose robe open at the chest and draped in naturalistic folds, the fabric meticulously incised along the hem with meandering lotus scroll and inset with mother-of-pearl and coral, all above a rockwork base finely incised on the top with a brocade pattern, the underside with a vertical inscription reading dishisizunzhe kanshu (The fourteenth luohan reading a book), followed by a two-character signature reading Shangjun, the stone of a creamy white color variegated with some natural inclusions

Height 3 ? in., 8.3 cm

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