Ivory. China, Qing-Dynasty, approx. 19th cent. to 1900
Tall, slim figure wearing long garment closed by a belt; the hands held together at the back. The beardy head with dense eye-brows is rendered lively and the gaze directed upwards. On the head, a round cap with a closing-button; hanging on the backside is a queue of hair, in a style typical for the Mandschu period. The legs are not rendered, an original plug from the piece stuck into the black stepped base.
HEIGHT 16,3 CM
From a German private collection