Lot 24

BONE CARVING OF AN ARHAT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY




Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
清 骨雕掏耳羅漢
roundly carved in royal ease seated pose on a gnarled tree pedestal, the ear-picking arhat with his left hand clutching the hem of his loose hanging kasaya exposing his chest, his face delicately carved with demure expression, with a gilt-bronze lotus throne decorated with various Buddhist emblems in low relief and nimbus in openwork
Dimensions
figure: 9.7cm high; stand: 23cm high



