A part-gilt bronze of a standing adorant

Description:

China, late Ming/early Qing dynasty
H. 32,5 cm
Standing on a separate cast rectangular pedestal with both hands clasped in front of his chest, wearing various garments including skirt fastened around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, wide-sleeved mantle, pair of boots, his face displaying a sturdy expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, beard and he is head topped with a bonnet, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Klaus Nierhoff Collection (1926 - 2011), according to records acquired on 11 October 1977 at Galerie Gross in Wiesbaden - Minor damages and repiars due to age