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Tête de Luohan en terre cuite aux traces de polychromie, XVIIIe siècle

Crâne lisse, sourcils lourds, deux plis profonds qui tombent des narines jusqu'au menton, le visage est tout entier modelé par l'âge qu'il figure. La surface, d'un blanc cassé grenu, garde des restes de couleur, rose sur le front et les lèvres, turquoise dans les replis, brun sur l'arcade. Les yeux, petits et sombres, brillent sous des paupières lourdes. Les oreilles longues, à peine détachées, prolongent la gravité du masque. Une tige noire le porte au-dessus d'un socle à ressaut.

Luohan est le nom chinois des arhats, disciples éclairés du Bouddha, que l'on honore par groupes de seize, de dix-huit ou de cinq cents. Leur portrait devient en Chine un sujet illustre dès la fin du IXe siècle, avec les peintures du moine Guanxiu, datées de 891. La terre cuite, argile cuite à basse température, a souvent servi, peinte ou glaçurée, à figurer ces personnages bouddhiques. La galerie date cette tête du XVIIIe siècle sans préciser son pays, et l'on ignore si elle fut modelée seule ou détachée d'une figure entière.

Époque
XVIIIe siècle, selon la fiche
Matière
Terre cuite
Style
Art d'Asie, sujet Luohan
Dimensions
l. 13 × h. 34 × p. 14 cm, selon la fiche
État
En l'état
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Smooth skull, heavy brows, two deep folds falling from the nostrils to the chin, the face is shaped throughout by the age it portrays. The surface, a grainy off-white, keeps remnants of colour, pink on the brow and lips, turquoise in the creases, brown along the brow ridge. The small dark eyes gleam beneath heavy lids. The long ears, barely detached, extend the gravity of the mask. A black rod holds it above a stepped base.

Luohan is the Chinese name for the arhats, the enlightened disciples of the Buddha, venerated in groups of sixteen, eighteen or five hundred. Their portrait became a celebrated subject in China by the end of the ninth century, with the paintings of the monk Guanxiu dated 891. Terracotta, a clay fired at low temperature, was often used, painted or glazed, to represent such Buddhist figures. The gallery dates this head to the eighteenth century without giving its country, and it is not known whether it was modelled alone or detached from a full figure.

Sources and points to validate
  • Les luohan (arhats) sont honorés en groupes de seize, dix-huit ou cinq cents ; les premiers portraits célèbres sont ceux du moine Guanxiu, en 891. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat
  • La terre cuite est une céramique non vitrifiée cuite à basse température, vers 1000 °C, de teintes jaune, orange, rouge, brun ; les figures bouddhiques ont souvent été réalisées en terre cuite peinte et glacée. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta
To be validated
  • Datation XVIIIe siècle affirmée par la fiche, sans validation indépendante ni test de thermoluminescence.
  • Origine géographique non précisée au-delà de la mention Art d'Asie ; le sujet Luohan renvoie à la Chine mais la fiche ne l'indique pas comme pays.
  • Tête conçue seule ou fragment d'une figure : non établi.
  • Polychromie, glaçure, restaurations et cassures non décrites.

Notice drafted with the assistance of AI based on the dealer’s listing and cited public sources. Attributions and dating are subject to validation.

Tête de Luohan en terre cuite, soclée – XVIIIe siècle

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