Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Expert’s note: The present lot depicts Vijraputra, one of the eighteen luohan, who is also known as the ‘laughing lion luohan’ (xiaoshi luohan) and is always accompanied by a Buddhist lion.

China, 18^th to early 19^th century. Finely carved seated with his right arm leaning on the knee, holding a script in his right hand, the left arm resting on two black books, with a lion cub nestled in the left palm. His emaciated body covered around the waist in a red and black cloth, incised with clouds and key-fret bands to the hems, the pale skin incised with fine veins tinted in orange, and protruding spine. The face with elegant features, a gentle smile, and finely incised locks. The base with a partly obscured date inscription.

Inscriptions: To the base, ‘[…] eighth year’.

Provenance: Irish trade. The base with a red lacquered collector’s number ‘HC-[…]’. By repute from an old estate.
Condition: Very good condition with some wear, mostly to the pigments, small chips, few losses, little nibbling, the base with scratches and a partly obscured mark. The stone with natural fissures which have developed into small hairline cracks.

Weight: 412 g
Dimensions: Height 11.8 cm

The eighteen luohan (arhats) are the original followers of Buddha, who were commanded to await the coming of the Future Buddha, Maitreya. Believed by some to have attained enlightenment, they are also regarded as being free from the cycle of reincarnation and acting as guardians over those who have not.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 15
Price: GBP 10,000 or approx. EUR 19,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A creamy-beige soapstone figure of a Luohan, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related color of the stone. Note the similar size (9 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 5 November 2013, lot 269
Price: GBP 10,000 or approx. EUR 16,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A soapstone figure of a Luohan, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related color of the stone. Note the similar size (10 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 10 December 2019, lot 36
Price: EUR 6,250 or approx. EUR 7,400 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A soapstone figure of a Luohan, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related color of the stone. Note the similar size (9.7 cm).



清代中期皂石雕伐闍羅弗多尊者
中國，十八世紀至十九世紀初。尊者呈坐姿，右臂倚膝，右手執書，左臂靠著兩壘書冊，左手掌托著一隻幼獅。 他身體骨骼清晰，用紅黑相間的布料圍在腰間，下擺上刻有祥雲紋和雷紋，蒼白的皮膚上經脈可辨，還有突出的脊柱。 表情祥和快樂。底部有部分模糊的日期字樣。

專家注釋：伐闍羅弗多尊者是十八羅漢之一，又稱“笑獅羅漢”，常有獅子相伴。

款識： 八年

來源：愛爾蘭古玩交易。底部紅漆書寫藏品編號 ‘HC-[…]’，據説來自舊藏。
品相：狀況極好，有一些磨損，主要是顏料磨損、輕微磕損失、底部有劃痕和部分模糊的標記。具有天然裂縫的石頭已發展成細小的衝線。

重量：412 克
尺寸：高11.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2009年5月13日，lot 15
價格：GBP 10,000（相當於今日EUR 19,500）
描述：十八世紀清代乳白色皂石羅漢像
專家評論：比較相近的石色。請注意相似的尺寸(9 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2013年11月5日，lot 269
價格：GBP 10,000（相當於今日EUR 16,500）
描述：十八世紀清代皂石羅漢像
專家評論：比較相近的石色。請注意相似的尺寸(10 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：巴黎蘇富比，2019年12月10日，lot 36
價格：EUR 6,250（相當於今日EUR 7,400）
描述：清十八世紀芙蓉石雕人物坐像
專家評論：比較相近的石色。請注意相似的尺寸(9.7 厘米)。