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Lot 176 - A199AS Asian Art: Himalaya, China - Tuesday, 30. November 2021, 10.00 AM

A FINE STONEWARE FIGURE OF ARHAT NAGASENA.

China, late Song to early Ming dynasty, height 44.5 cm.
Remains of polychrome paint. He is cleaning his ear in order to better hear the truth.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE ADDED SOME PROVENANCE
INFORMATION HERE WHICH IS NOT IN THE PRINT CATALOGUE***

Provenance: The Mount Trust collection of Chinese Art. Sotheby's Monaco, 27 June 1984, lot 3573 (invoice lost). Swiss private collection.
Published: The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society (Hrsg.), London 1960, ill. 293.

Compare with a luohan very likely from the same set in the Asian Art Museum San Francisco (Avery Brundage collection), no. B60S319 (dated Yuan).
With a luohan of the same size at Sotheby's HK, 4 December 2015, lot 584, there dated Southern Song.
With another similar piece at Christies NY, 26 March 2010, lot 1238, there dated Song to Ming.

精美那迦犀那尊者石雕像。

中國，宋晚期到明早期，高44.5釐米。
色彩殘留。取挖耳之形，以示耳根清靜。
来源：苏富比摩纳哥，1984 年 6 月 27 日，拍品编号 3573（无发票）。 瑞士私人收藏。 比较：可能来自旧金山亚洲艺术博物馆（元朝）艾弗里·布伦戴奇（Avery Brundage）收藏的同一组人物。 2015 年 12 月 4 日香港苏富比，拍品 584 号另一​​件同样尺寸的人物，年代为南宋。 另一件在纽约佳士得，2010 年 3 月 26 日，拍品编号 1238，日期为宋至明。

CHF 100 000 / 150 000 | (€ 103 090 / 154 640)

Sold for CHF 390 700 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.