$4,410
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Auction: October 18, 2022 11:00 AM EDT
The seated figure with long hair and beard, in flowing dragon robe, holding a scroll in his left hand, a serpent-entwined tortoise painted on top of the base, sides of base further decorated with diaper-decorated "draperies"
H: 10 in.PROVENANCE:
Said to have been given to a missionary in China in the early 20th century and acquired by the present owner from the elderly sister of the missionary in Columbia, South Carolina, 1985