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5116 | Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty A FINELY CARVED SOAP-STONE FIGURE OF LOHAN

A FINELY CARVED SOAP-STONE FIGURE OF LOHAN

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Size: H8.8cm

Signed and dated: Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 700,000



This seated luohan is holding a ruyi in his right hand and his left hand is resting on his raised knee. He wears long wide-sleeved robes with floral decoration. He sits on a stone base with indentations to imitate the rocky surface. His face is carved with downward gaze and benign expression. The figure is carved from a pale cream white coloured stone. The details finely incised and showing traces of coloured pigments,especially on the eyes and robes.
Provenance
The Late Patrick Huth Jackson Collection
Sotheby’s London,13.May.2009,Lot 18