Lot 157. A painted wood figure of a luohan, Song-Yuan dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.
the bald monk carved seated atop a rocky ledge, the left hand resting on the bent left knee, the right leg pendent, dressed in loose-fitting robes with gilt hems and traces of blue, green and red pigment, the wrinkled face with a pensive expression beneath a furrowed brow and framed by pendent earlobes, traces of pigment - Height 22 1/8 in., 56.1 cm
Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art, TR 15000/195.
Note: Compare a similar wood figure of a luohan, dated to the Song dynasty, in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale Giuseppe Tucci in Rome, illustrated in Stefano Vecchia, L'Art d'Asie, Chine, Corée, Japon, Paris, 2010, pl. 57.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 Sep 2016, 10:30 AM