A soapstone figure of a Luohan, Qing Dynasty, late 18th/19th century seated with smiling expression and wearing loosely draped robes, his left knee raised and supporting a Buddhist lion held in his left hand, its forepaws resting on his shoulder and playfully biting his earring, the details finely incised in the opaque beige coloured stone with darker markings, traces of coloured pigments 9.2 cm