VERY FINE AND RARE CARVED CHINESE SOAP STONE FIGURE OF SEATED LUOHAN, the tiger-taming LuoHan, finely carved and portrayed with curly hair, and pendulous earlobes with loop earrings, wearing a long flowing robe flow down to the floor with incised and inlaid hard stones decoration, seated in relaxing position and leaning against the tiger, inscribed with the characters Shangjun, The soapstone showing moist milky appearance, displayed natural outline of the celadon hue with caramel-colored pebble.

Provenance: Private collector of Atlanta, Georgia


Dimension on stand: 124mm L, 121mm H, 82mm D

Jade Dimension: 91mm W, 70mm H, 56mm D

REFERENCES: Sotheby's NEW YORK, March 20th 2012, Lot#173



LOT NOTES

Shangjun is a pseudonym adopted by the renowned master carver Zhou Bin, a native of Zhangzhou in Fujian province who was active during the mid-17th century. Two pieces signed Shangjun are illustrated in Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1986, no. 44, a soapstone LuoHan; and no. 165, a TianHuang Guanyin.

Excellent

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