China, 19th century. The figure modelled kneeling, wearing a floral decorated jacket and holding a ruyi scepter, painted with polychrome enamels.
Condition: With manufacturing flaws and wear. The ruyi scepter repaired and the left hand damaged. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by a third-generation member of the Holzapfel family after 1995 and has remained in the family ever since.