A POLYCHROME STUCCO HEAD OF A DIGNITARY

Description:

China, Ming/ early Qing dynasty
H. 45 cm (o.S.)
The head modelled with a serene expression displaying downcast inlaid eyes below black-painted eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, red-coloured lips set with tufts of black hair forming the moustache, elongated earlobes and his head topped with the specific dignitary hat, mounted.
Property from the Tibet and Asian collection of the Swabian Kienzle brothers, assembled between 1965 and 1986
Minor damages due to age and rest.