H. 33,5 cm Condition A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL, CHINA, 17th ct., seated in European fashion with his right hand holding an ingot while the left is grasping his belt, clad in various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, his face displaying a serene expression with slit eyes below arched eyebrows, beard and whiskers framing his face and his head topped with a cap, body parts with traces of gilding-Property from an old South German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 1980, by inheritance to the present owner-Minor wear and very minor restorations