China, 19th century. Bodhidharma is seated with his arms resting on his raised knee and holding a shoe, his head modelled with heavy curled brows and beard.
Condition: Overall good condition with minor wear, three hand fingertips missing. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.