• Dimension: Height: 3 in (7.6 cm) Length: 5 7/8 in (14.9 cm)
• Estimate From: $15000
• Estimate To: $30000

The tiger-taming luohan, finely carved and portrayed with curly hair, and pendulous earlobes with loop earrings, wearing a long flowing robe with incised decoration, right next to a small tiger cub. The luminous stone is of warm, creamy honey color, all supported on a hardwood stand. Qing Dynasty period.

這尊羅漢像選取上等田黃石雕琢而成，石材通身嬌黃瑩潤，色澤統一而質感凝結油潤，瑩潤若脂玉，醇厚自然。羅漢神形並茂，極見制者功力。作者在雕刻的處理上，依型而雕，羅漢側臥而坐，寬鼻大眼，慈眉善目，大耳垂肩，耳環飽滿，羅漢怡然自得，寬衣當風，一只小螭虎則趴在羅漢身前，溫順可愛，頗具閑情雅趣的凡人之韻，將神仙世俗化，更能貼近人意。整件造像運刀流暢犀利，衣帶飄逸極富動感，在色彩上給於了嬌嫩鮮黃的田黃一絲色彩的調皮和變化，十分自然。這件作品即要將碩大的田黃雕刻出韻味和意境來，又要竟可能少的去損耗因雕刻而減少的重量，無論在選材，選料，構思，色彩上無比展現雕刻大師的常年積累的深厚底蘊，極為難得。田黃石稀罕珍貴，然此伏虎羅漢毫不吝材，以求造型之美態，實令人嘆為觀止。此田黃石呈純正的黃色，表面一層古樸的包漿，內裏蘿蔔絲紋隱現，石質致密通靈，溫潤細膩，如脂似玉，質感絕佳，彌足珍貴。來源：洛杉磯家族遞藏，1990年前購於香港
Provenance: Private collection. Los Angeles. Purchased in Hong Kong before 1990