Lot 22. A small Dehua figure of the luohan Pintoulo, 17th-18th century; 7cm high. Sold for €1,536.  Photo Bonhams.

Seated with his body slightly turned to the left, his voluminous robe covering his head and enveloping his body, his hands hidden in the long sleeves of his robe, his face with bulging eyes and a long moustache, covered overall with a creamy white glaze with olive tones.

Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Stockholm
Sotheby's Paris, 12 July 2008, lot 67.

Published: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, pl.622, p.189.

Note: A similar figure of the luohan Pintoulo from the Meiyintang Collection, is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2010, vol.1, no.1005.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023