A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF RAFUSEN (LUOFUXIAN)

A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF RAFUSEN (LUOFUXIAN)
TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOMEI (YOSHIDA HOMEI; 1875-1943)
Dynamically carved as Rafusen (Luofuxian) standing, the figure in ancient-style robe holding a fan on the right hand, the left arm was entangled with a plum branch, with trace of gold pigment
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.)
With a wood box, on the lid signed Yoshida Homei saku and sealed Homei