Gilt with blue and red polychrome decoration, the subject sternly gazes at a tablet while seated on a taishi chair with armrests terminating in mythical kirin heads, the figure and chair raised on a platform base.

15.5 x 8 x 7.5 in.

Private Estate Collection, Eastern North Carolina.

Excellent detail to the floral decoration of the official's robe.

Wear to paint and gilt; finish chips throughout, noticeably to the figure's face and hands. Possible loss of writing instrument to right hand.

$300 - 600