EXCEPTIONAL LUOHAN HEAD in glazed stoneware sancai, sketching a light smile expressing serenity.
It comes from an important statue in a Buddhist sanctuary.
China, in the Liao style.
AN EXCEPTIONAL LIAO STYLE GLAZED CERAMIC HEAD OF LUOHAN, CHINA.
TOP. 45 CM (17 ¾ IN.)
Provenance
French private collection.
Enclosed is a photograph of the present owner when he was 8 years old (1974).
WORK IN REPORT Our Luohan is to be compared with some representations exhibited at the British Museum in London.