Une figure de luohan en steatite Chine, Dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle

représentant l'arhat Xianglong évoquant un dragon, assis sur une base polylobée, un foulard noué autour des épaules, tenant dans sa main une coupe, la créature mythique sortant des flots à ses côtés, l'habit et les détails finement sculptés pour s'adapter aux colorations de la pierre ocre et jaune 

A small knick to the figure's right thumb and to the middle finger of the left hand. Otherwise in good condition. The base is chipped at one of the pointed ends (5 x 3mm) with some expected surface scratches beneath.
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Comparer une figure similaire d'arhat en stéatite avec un foulard noué signé Kaitong dans les collections du Musée du Palais à Beijing, illustrée dans Zhongguo meishu quanji diaosu bian -6- Yuan Ming Qing diaosu, 1988, no.157 p.157.

Compare a similar soapstone figure of a seated luohan from the Estate of Charles V. Swain, sold at Christie's New York, 22 July 2007 lot 134. Another in the Palace Museum Beijing inscribed with the mark of the carver Kaitong, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji diaosu bian -6- Yuan Ming Qing diaosu, 1988, no.157 p.157