A LARGE SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

dressed in loosely fitting robes of amber colour, delicately engraved with dragons chasing flaming pearls amongst clouds, the interior of the sleeves picked out in blue, grasping his belt with his left hand, his face with a serene smiling expression and his peaked hat decorated with two confronting dragons and a pearl, metal stand