A RARE STONE SCULPTURE IN FORM OF A COLUMN, CARVED TO REPRESENT A KNEELING DEMON FIGURE

Estimated Value:

4.000 € - 6.000 €

Result:

3.108 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd/ early 3rd c.
H. 53 cm
With a flat face, wearing a cap with two flaps on top, the right arm placed on the ear, the left arm on a scaly animal which is crawling up in front.
Collection Julius Eberhardt (1936-2012) bought by him in 1998 from L.H.W. Investment & Trading Limited, Hong Kong. Sold from his estate at Nagel, 13.11.2013, lot 3046 and bought by the present owner
Published: Regina Krahl: Collection Julius Eberhardt. Early Chinese Art, Vol. 1, Hong Kong 1999, p. 192f
Han dynasty stone columns depicting immortals as well as real and mythical creatures have come to light particularly in Shandong province, and are discussed in Zheng, 'Barbarian Images', pp.50-59, where related carvings from a late Eastern Han tomb at Baizhuang village, Linyi county, are illustrated in line drawings, p.51, Fig. 2a-f - Chin area with minor restoration, slightly chipped, partly corroded

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