Lot 397
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Sculpted from stucco and painted with mineral pigments with inset glass eyes, depicting the head of a luohan with a fierce expression and pronounced forehead. Together with a modern black granite stand.
34cm high
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Losses to paintwork and wear to the stucco.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
For another Song dynasty stucco head of a Luohan, please refer to the 'H.K. Burnet collection', Sotheby's, London 3 April 1941, lot 78; for an example of another larger than life stucco head that was recently sold in Melbourne, please refer to Mossgreen, Melbourne, 19 November 2013, Lot 71
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8125
12:00pm - 15 May 2016
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
11 May 9am-8pm
12-13 May 10am-4pm
14 May 10am-5pm
15 May 10am-11.30am
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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