Lot 102
A Complete Set of Ceramic Figures of the Eighteen Luohan (Arhats), Shiwan, Circa 1980
Lot 102 Details
A Complete Set of Ceramic Figures of the Eighteen Luohan (Arhats), Shiwan, Circa 1980
约1980年 石湾窑十八罗汉一套
Consisting of the 'Deer Sitting Luohan', the 'Happy Luohan', the 'Raised Bowl Luohan', the Raised Pagoda Luohan', the 'Meditating Luohan', the 'Overseas Lohan', the 'Elephant Riding Luohan', the 'Laughing Lion Luohan', the 'Open Heart Luohan', the 'Raised Hand Luohan', the 'Thinking Luohan', the 'Scratch Ear Luohan', the 'Calico Bag Luohan', the 'Plantain Luohan', the 'Long Eyebrow Luohan', the 'Doorman Luohan', the 'Taming Dragon Luohan', and the 'Taming Tiger Luohan'; each with an impressed seal mark to the interior
tallest height 10.4 in — 26.5 cm
Estimate $600-$800
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Note:
In Chinese Buddhism, the Eighteen Luohans were the original followers of the Gautama Buddha. The number of monks was fixed to eighteen sometime around the end of the Tang Dynasty.
For further discussion on the Eighteen Luohan, please see the footnotes in Bonhams San Francisco, June 21, 2011, lots 8011 and 8020
Bonhams San Francisco, June 21, 2011, lot 8011
Bonhams San Francisco, June 21, 2011, lot 8020
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 47.136.2
Eighteen Arhats, Buddhism Toronto