A Chinese silver night-light shaped as a kneeling Chinese, 19th century | Veilleuse en argent en forme de Chinois agenouillé, Chine, XIXe siècle

A Chinese silver night-light shaped as a kneeling Chinese, 19th century

the Chinese presenting the night light with the left hand, the right arm used as a cover, the back engraved with ideograms in seal script, in four parts

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Veilleuse en argent en forme de Chinois agenouillé, Chine, XIXe siècle

le Chinois présentant la veilleuse de la main gauche, le bras droit servant de couvercle, le dos gravé d'idéogrammes sigillaires, en quatre parties

30,5 cm high, 2.389 g. ; 12in. high, 76oz 16dwt