Description
A good Chinese stained ivory figure of a magistrate, seated wearing flowing robes, his left hand resting on his knee, his right holding his belt, raised on a low plinth, late Ming / early Qing dynasty, 16.8cm. Together with a wood stand. (2)
Paper label for John Sparks Ltd., 128 Mount Street, where it was purchased for 32 guineas.
Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough.
Cf. The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Royal Academy of Arts, London 1935/6, catalogue no.2937 for a related figure.
