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A rare limestone carving of a Buddhist acolyte, possibly Jianglong Luohan Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century | 北宋十至十一世紀 石灰石浮雕或為降龍羅漢像

Estimate:   40,000 - 60,000 EUR

Property from a French private collection, Rhône-Alpes

A rare limestone carving of a Buddhist acolyte, possibly Jianglong Luohan

Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century

 

the young monk, possibly Jianglong luohan, depicted in high relief standing on a lotus pedestal, holding a dragon in his right hand, his face with downcast eyes and long pendulous earlobes detailed with a benevolent smile

66 cm, 26 in.

 

Rare relief en pierre calcaire sculptée d'un acolyte bouddhiste, probablement Jianlong luohan, dynastie des Song du nord, XE-XIE siècle

 

Provenance

 

Acquired in Paris rive gauche antiquarian district during the 1980s (by repute).

北宋十至十一世紀 石灰石浮雕或為降龍羅漢像

An exceptional ‘guan’-type archaistic hexagonal vase

Seal mark and period of Yongzheng

 

of hexagonal section, the faceted baluster body sitting on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, applied overall with an attractive greyish-blue glaze suffused with a network of fine crackles, saved for the footrim left unglazed and dressed in a brown wash, the countersunk base inscribed with the six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue

H. 45.7 cm, 18 in.