A CHINESE ROSE QUARTZ STANDING FIGURE

QING DYNASTY

The old man depicted standing dressed in loose robes, he holds a basket of flowers in one hand and a staff terminating in a dragon's head in the other, wearing a simple hat on his head, he bears a serene expression on his face, together with an openwork wood stand, 16cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Jackie Somerville-Roberts. Mrs Somerville-Roberts' father Leo Clasen, from Luxembourg, was in the steel industry and formed his collection between c.1945 and 1965.