Description:
China, late Ming dynasty, 17th cent.
H. 32 cm
Seated in European posture with his right hand resting on his right knee while the left is raised in front of his chest supporting a gourd-shaped flask, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle fastened around the waist with a belt, its border incised with a scrolling tendrils design and to both front and back side a large rectangular medallion incised with each a phoenix amidst clouds, his face displaying a serene expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, painted facial details, goatee framing his chin and his head topped with the specific bonnet. Lacquered wood stand.
European private collection - Minor traces of age and very minor damages