A small cast iron head of luohan Kasyapa. Song/early Ming dynasty - image-1

Lot 412 Dα

A small cast iron head of luohan Kasyapa. Song/early Ming dynasty

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 450 € - 600 €
Result: 558 € (incl. premium)

A small cast iron head of luohan Kasyapa. Song/early Ming dynasty

A small cast iron head of luohan Kasyapa with heavy eye lids and full lips. Traces of pigments. Song/early Ming dynasty. Marble stand.
Height 10.3 cm

Provenance

Alan Priest (1898–1969), former curator of Chinese art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (sold at Nagel, Stuttgart, 18.5.2001, lot 3979)
Private collection, Western Germany