AN UNUSUAL SAMSON SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN

19TH CENTURY

细节

AN UNUSUAL SAMSON SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF A SEATED LUOHAN
19th Century
Shown seated in dhyanasana with hands held together at the waist, dressed in simple amber and green-glazed robes with a faint patchwork design falling in pleats from the shoulders and loosely tucked in at the waist, the finely featured face unglazed and well modeled with large ears, furrowed brow, high cheekbones and sensitive eyes and mouth, the separate, pierced rockwork base glazed in conforming colors, the inside of the figure and base with the Samson mark
23in. (59.7cm.) high

拍品专文

This Samson luohan figure is undoubtedly inspired by the Liao stoneware luohans with sancai glazes from Yixian, Hebei province. These Liao luohans were found in groups of sixteen, traditionally flanking the figure of Buddha. A group of figures from cliff temples at Yixian are known, as are four examples in Western collections, including the one in the British Museum, illustrated by S. J. Vainker in Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1991, p. 168. According to Vainker, the pierced rock of the base may represent the famous stone of Lake Tai in Jiangsu province