Lot 660A
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 $4,000 - $6,000
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: LJ8143
11:00am - 16 October 2016
Melbourne (Simulcast in Sydney)
VIEWING
Viewing - Melbourne & Sydney
12 October 9am-8pm
13-14 October 10am-4pm
15 October 10am-5pm
All lots viewed exclusively in our Sydney office are marked "On View in Sydney", with the remainder on view in Melbourne
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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