Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Paint is very stable (not

Paint is very stable (not actively chipping)

On the cord

Not at all my usual thing

I have to think this boy and dog was done after a 18th century painting by Gainsborough or Bartholomew Dandridge or someone similar among which there are smartly dressed boys and dogs aplenty

Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Paint is very stable (notBased on a few other carvings out there of a very similar ilk, I am pretty certain this one is Chinese, likely depicting a scholar, with what seems most likely to be a scroll held in hand. I think it is quite an exquisite little thing, which feels rather ancient but I think most likely 19th century, and which appears to have been finely carved from one piece of wood, then hand painted, now showing primarily a combination of soft gray and gold. At some