A BRONZE FIGURAL SCROLL WEIGHT MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

cast in the form of a scholar seated on a large artemisia leaf, leaning back supported on one arm, the other hand resting on a raised knee and holding a sprig of lingzhi, the legs crossed, wearing a long loose robe, a belt supsending a large double gourd at the back, a basket of Buddha hand citron resting to one side

Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, 2005.