Set of three Chinese paintings, polychrome and ink on panel, late Qing dynasty, the first depicting a haloed Luohan, possibly Gopaka, holding a text in both hands, a lion at his feet and a deity-attendant bearing his staff, a boy attendant holding a banner behind them, with a verdant rocky outcrop in the background, the reverse of the panel inscribed ‘zuo san’ on left side; the second panel painted with a seated haloed Luohan holding a blossoming lotus stem, a white elephant recumbent at his feet, a warrior-deity in the foreground and an attendant bearing a banner behind them, all below the canopy of a wutong tree, the reverse inscribed ‘you san’ (right side); the third panel depicting a deity, possibly Shoulao, bearing a tablet, with a demon-attendant and a courtier in a foliate landscape below colorful scrolling clouds; each within parcel ebonized giltwood frames. Image: 26" H x 13" W; frame: 30" H x 16.5" W. Provenance: Sotheby's auction April 18, 2018 Lot 235 Property from the Personal Collection of Fred Leighton; removed from a private residence at the Pierre Hotel.

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