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20 ? in. (51 cm.) high
John Sparks, London, June 1985.
Two related seated wood figures of luohan, each with a dedicatory inscription, are illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji - Diao shu pian 5 - Wudai Song diao su, Beijing, 1988, pp. 40-41. Compare, also, a group of painted stucco figures of seated luohan illustrated ibid. pp. 44-54, each individually carved with an expressive face and gestures, and the group shown within a temple context, pp. 42-43.