AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND SUPERBLY MODELED FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE...

Lot 1617
25.09.2020 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 1617 | AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND SUPERBLY MODELED FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE...
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$ 200 000 – 400 000
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND SUPERBLY MODELED FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN

YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

The luohan is shown seated wearing long turquoise and pink-enameled robes with brown trim decorated with yellow-enameled roundels and gilt borders, and he holds a censer in his right hand. His face has a serene expression with downturned eyes and a slight smile, and wears long earrings that fall to his shoulders. The throne is finely and dynamically modeled in the form of jagged rocks, and shaded in blue and turquoise enamel with black-enameled edges. The base of the figure is incised on one side with the characters xi jiu (west nine), and on the other side with the character yi (one). The top of the throne is incised with the characters dong er (east two).

The figure with stand 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high

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