A Chinese gilt-lacquered bronze sculpture of a scholar or dignitary, Ming

H 34 cm

Weight: 3100 grams

Condition:
- Wear to the gilding and lacquer.
- Casting flaws to the right handside of the base.
- Lacking the two balls to the base on the right, one of each pair of ruyi-shaped ornaments on the side of the throne.
- The front left corner of the throne at one point reattached or reinforced, visibly soldered on the inside.
- A small loss to the hairdo.