A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A DIGNITARY

Description:

China, 18./19th c.
H. 24 (27,5) cm
Seated in European fashion with his right hand raised in vitarkamudra while the left is resting on his left upper leg, wearing various garments including underskirt and wide-sleeved mantle fastened around his middle with a ribbon knotted to the front, his face displaying a serene expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, red lacquered lips and his head topped with the specific bonnet, the reverse with a circular covered cavity, on wood base.
Old North German private collection, assembled before 2007
Very minor damages due to age, wear