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A remarkable Chinese life sized painted stucco head of a luohan, Song, Liao or Jin Dynasty, circa 11th century, China. The amazingly life-like figure depicts a luohan (sometime spelled lohan), also known as an arhat, one of the original disciples of the Buddha. The elderly man has been molded in stucco with inset glass eyes and painted with idealized, if slightly exaggerated features. The unidentified luohan sports a bald, or perhaps shaved, domed head above a bulging forehead, symbolizing his vast wisdom. The wrinkles in his furrowed brow, and creases around his eyes add to his realism. The learned man stares out wisely from deep set, heavily lidded inlaid glass eyes that catch the light. The luohan has high cheekbones and a prominent jawline. His lips full and pursed as if about to speak. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly in a faint smile, causing his gaunt cheeks to dimple charismatically. A series of dots above the upper lip indicate he may originally have sported a mustache of real hair. This life sized head with extremely realistic features fits into a very narrow time frame of Chinese Buddhist art. Perhaps the most recognized group of large, finely molded Chinese luohan...

A pair of antique Chinese pottery brick tile with figures. Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century Size excluding stand: Height 26.3 - 26.6 C.M. / Width 26.7 C.M. / Thickness ...

A Chinese Song Dynasty carved lotus ding bowl, of gently rounded conical profile, resting on a short narrow foot and sweeping to an elegantly everted rim, glazed overall with a rich ...

Antique Chinese green glazed pottery jar. Lead glaze with copper is the main colorant used in Han period to produce green glaze. Greenware became popular during the Eastern Han per...

A pair of antique Chinese pottery brick tile with musician drummers. Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century Size excluding stand: Height 30.2 - 30.8 C.M. / Width 18.3 - 19.2 ...

China, a large votive model of a stone Ram Dimensions: 45cm, 18 inches high and 65cm, 26 inches length and 25cm, 10 inches wide A strongly conceived and...

A Museum Quality Chinese Longquan Twin Fish Celadon Glazed Bowl, Song Dynasty Description: Celadon, 2 fish design at the center, scroll design on the cavetto. Provenance: Private A...

An Eastern Han Dynasty glazed terracotta funerary tower from Henan Province, China, created as a mingqi (spirit object) for an elite tomb burial. Architectural models of this type we...

Antique Chinese green glazed pottery jar. Lead glaze with copper is the main colorant used in Han period to produce green glaze. Greenware became popular during the Eastern Han per...

Antique perfect Celadon bowl : interesting for connoisseurs. It's from 18th century and it's perfect. It was in a private Italian collection, now may be on You table because I'm clo...

Eastern Han Dynasty, Sichuan Province, China, 25–220 CE Green-glazed terracotta model of a livestock enclosure created as a mingqi funerary object during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Det...

A Chinese hand carved and hand painted wooden effigy of an extraordinary unicorn dating to the Song dynasty before 1279 AD. Please enjoy the beautiful remnants of its aged original ...