A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING OFFICIAL Late Ming DynastyA GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING OFFICIALLate Ming DynastyThe figure crisply cast with long flowing robes cascading into neat pleats revealing the shoes and holding a ceremonial hu tablet in front of his chest, the bearded face with serene expression between long ears, all beneath an official's cap. 22.2cm (8 3/4in) high. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價明晚期 銅鎏金官員立像Provenance: Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., 1990Sotheby's London, 12 November 2010, lot 1058Compare with a related parcel-gilt bronze figure of a standing official, Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.159, no.113.