Chinese white porcelain Xianglong Luohan statuette, China, D - Lot 42

Lot n° 42
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Chinese white porcelain Xianglong Luohan statuette, China, D - Lot 42
Chinese white porcelain Xianglong Luohan statuette, China, Dehua, 20th century Sitting on a rock from which a dragon emerges holding a pearl in its claws, the luohan holds a coiled whip zhen long bian (whip to defeat the dragon) in his raised left hand and a pearl in his right. He is harnessing the dragon's strength, luring and taming the beast, the dragon's act of submission to the Lohan glorifying the supernatural power of the Buddhist saint. On the back the stamp of Dehua and the apocryphal stamp of He Chaozong Yin. Height : 17,5 cm Missing fingers. He Chaozong was a famous Chinese potter of the early 17th century who produced mainly white Buddhist porcelain figures in the tradition of the Dehua kilns in Fujian province, better known in the west as White China.
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