Lot 328
  • 328

A SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Soapstone
  • 5.5 cm, 2 1/8  in.
seated and draped in long flowing robes detailed with finely incised scrolls, his serene expression naturalistically rendered, with a lion playfully clambering on his shoulder, its jaws clinching his earring, the stone of a golden beige tone suffused with red inclusions

Exhibited

Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics: Summer Exhibition, Roger Keverne Ltd, London, 2001, cat. no. 116.

Condition

The carving is in very good condition.
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