Lot 825
A GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF A LUOHAN AND SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
QIANLONG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The monk intricately carved with two legs pendant, wearing lose robes tied at the waist with a tasseled string, the head turned right and slightly tilted upwards, flanked at the sides with a pair of lobed ears with circular earrings, the hands holding a weighted string on both ends, overall gilded in gold. Another figure of Shakyamuni Buddha seated in vajrasana on a triangular twelve lotus petals pedestal, dressed in a plain robe draped over the left shoulder and falling in folds, the serene face with delicate features framed by a pair of long pendulous ear, the hair arranged in regular rows of tight snail curls whorls surmounted by a domed usnisa. H 9.5cm.
Estimate
TWD 769,000-1,154,000
HKD 200,000-300,000
USD 25,800-38,700
Sold Price
TWD 1,015,385
HKD 264,000
USD 34,065
The Imperial Treasures Evening Sale
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Hong Kong
Sunday, November 24, 2013, 7:30pm