Chinese soapstone carved as a seated luohan

An image of Carving. Soapstone, carved as a seated luohan, the chest incised with a Fo (Buddha) character. The collar, sleeves and hem of his robes incised with a design of scrolling lotus on a formalized wave ground. Soapstone, height, including base, 17.8 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Carving. Soapstone, carved as a seated luohan, the chest incised with a Fo (Buddha) character. The collar, sleeves and hem of his robes incised with a design of scrolling lotus on a formalized wave ground. Soapstone, height, including base, 17.8 cm, 1700-1800, Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.22 & A-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 732 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 472.41kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:05:22 21:44:56

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18th Century Arhat Buddhism Buddhist carved Chinese cross-legged eyes eyes closed figure Fitz_AA Luohan male robes seated sitting soapstone steatite

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