A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A LUOHAN SONG / YUAN DYNASTY

the bald monk carved seated atop a rocky ledge, the left hand resting on the bent left knee, the right leg pendent, dressed in loose-fitting robes with gilt hems and traces of blue, green and red pigment, the wrinkled face with a pensive expression beneath a furrowed brow and framed by pendent earlobes, traces of pigment

The Cleveland Museum of Art, TR 15000/195.

With wear typical of age. Wormholes, age splits and cracks are scattered throughout. Heavier wear is seen on the nose and hands, and there are old losses to the base and throne. An old Cleveland Museum of Art label is affixed to the underside of the base.
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Compare a similar wood figure of a luohan, dated to the Song dynasty, in the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale Giuseppe Tucci in Rome, illustrated in Stefano Vecchia, L'Art d'Asie, Chine, Corée, Japon, Paris, 2010, pl. 57.