Description:
China, 17th cent.
H. 21 cm (o.S.)
Seated in European fashion with both hands placed in front of his abdomen originally supporting a tablet, wearing various garments including an underskirt, wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, its borders cast with scrolling tendrils, pair of shoes, his face displaying a serene expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows, goatee framing his chin and his head topped with the specific hat.
German private collection - Traces of age, re-gilt