A VERY RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF XIANGLONG LUOHAN

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30.05.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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Los 2893 | A VERY RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF XIANGLONG LUOHAN
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A VERY RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF XIANGLONG LUOHAN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13-14TH CENTURYThe luohan is cast seated with his legs pendant; his left hand is holding an alms bowl with a coiled dragon on top, and his right arm is raised, holding a pearl in his right hand. The slightly tilted head looks towards his left hand; his face cast with exaggerated facial features with a broad, hooked nose and large bulging eyes under flame-like eyebrows. He is wearing an Indian-style robe exposing his right shoulder and large rotund belly. The lower half of the robe gathers in swirling folds around the knees and terminates in curling edges, and is decorated with a band of incised clouds around the collar and a four-clawed dragon in the lower central recess. It is inscribed on the lower back with a dedication ‘xinshi Ma Yang tong qi Yushi zhuzao’ (cast by devotee Ma Yang and his wife nee Yu). 29 1⁄2 in. (75 cm.) high Provenance A private collection, Taipei, acquired in 2003 (by repute) Exhibited Footsteps of The Buddha, Sotheby’s New York, 3-23 September 2013, Catalogue, no. 9
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