The Robert H. Blumenfield Collection of Chinese Bamboo Carvings

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Lot 3047
  • 3047

A CARVED BAMBOO-ROOT FIGURE OF PINDOLA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Description

  • bamboo (bambuseae)
the tiger-taming luohan finely carved as seated on large jagged rockwork with his left hand resting on his left knee and his right hand in mid-air as if subduing the tiger prancing at his feet, the luohan depicted with thick furrowed brows and curly facial hair, flanked by long pendulous earlobes adorned with earrings, the stippled surface with a lustrous patina

Provenance

Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London.

Exhibited

Oriental Works of Art, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, 2001, cat. no. 91.

Catalogue Note

For a smaller carved bamboo figure of Pindola, see the example from the Ip Yee collection, illustrated by Ip Yee and Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 128 (colour pl. 37).