UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, TANG DYNASTY
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£1,000 - £2,000
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Hammer price:
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£5,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURE OF A LUOHAN, TANG DYNASTY, seated cross-legged with his right hand in vitarkamudra and his left held in bhumisparsamudra, incised brows over closed eyes his face with serene expression, wearing a robe open at the chest, 10cm hight Notes; A similar example, depicting a monk Huineng (638-713), is illustrated in Schafer, The Vermilion Bird: T'ang images of the South, pl. IV.