China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Standing on a rectangular base, wearing floral robes, and holding a vase of lotus, decorated in iron-red and green enamels with flowers and symbols.
Condition: With manufacturing flaws and wear. The base with cracks stabilized with staples. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by the grandfather of Mr. Holzapfel before 1970 and has been in the Holzapfel family ever since.