A RARE SET OF FIVE FINELY MODELED PAINTED POTTERY LUOHAN SONG DYNASTY
each figure seated on a rockwork base in varying poses of ease or meditation, attired in long, monastic, loose robes falling in naturalistic folds, two bare-chested and one with the tips of both square-toed shoes protruding below the hem, the expressive countenances sensitively individualized with finely incised wrinkles, brows, and smile lines, framed by pendulous lobes, with traces of bright green and red pigment (5)
Height 11 1/4 in., 28.6 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 17th September 2003, lot 51.
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each figure seated on a rockwork base in varying poses of ease or meditation, attired in long, monastic, loose robes falling in naturalistic folds, two bare-chested and one with the tips of both square-toed shoes protruding below the hem, the expressive countenances sensitively individualized with finely incised wrinkles, brows, and smile lines, framed by pendulous lobes, with traces of bright green and red pigment (5)
Height 11 1/4 in., 28.6 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 17th September 2003, lot 51.
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