A Large Carved and Lacquered Wood Figure of a Seated Official China, 17th – 18th century Height: 56 cm. The figure is shown seated with his left hand resting on his knee and his right hand holding his belt away from his body, wearing dark red robes with a large dragon panel on the front and an elaborate collar and borders with relief decoration in black and gold. His face has a pensive expression below the cloth head-covering cantered in front by a flower applique and tied with a bow with long trailing ends. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s New York, lot 1612 Price: USD 32,500, - Description: A LARGE CARVED AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED OFFICIAL 17TH-18TH CENTURY Expert remark: Compare the closely related carving and style of the figure. Note the related size (56 cm). -Provenance: Ex. Collection Mr. H.K. Amsterdam Note: Property from Very Important Dutch Private Collection! The collection consists of ca. 14 Chinese pottery objects (including horses form the Six dynasties to Tang dynasty, attendants, musicians, guards of honor, camels), ca. 25 Pre-Columbian, and 10 Egyptian objects, all objects will be auctioned in the coming Catawiki auctions. - from the H. K. collections. Mr. H. K. was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, the range of whose interests was extraordinary. These included Chinese, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, and South-East Asian art. Mr. K. was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014. In addition, K. was chairman of Youth Care Netherlands, member of the Social-Economic Council (SER), columnist for “Het Financieele Dagblad”, active at VNO-NCW, advisor to the presidium of the House of Representatives, he held many supervisory positions and was active at FNV. He was consistently one of the 200 most influential people in the Netherlands, according to de Volkskrant! Our Guarantee: The above item is guaranteed to be of the time period and condition as described, has been purchased legally and is legal to buy and sell under all international laws to cultural patrimony. - All items legal to buy/sell under The Netherlands covering cultural patrimony, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Condition: Very good condition. Wear consistent with the age, some loss of color, cracks. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely sent by FedEx. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own country.