A GILT AND LACQUERED LARGE WOOD FIGURE OF A DIGNITARY, JIAJING China, 1521-1567. Carved standing with the hands clasped together in front of the chest, wearing an elaborately decorated long flowing robe with flowers amid leafy vines in gilt and gilt hems beautifully carved in relief with scrolling designs, the back of the robe with a rectangular panel carved in relief and gilt with a dragon amid scrolling clouds. Provenance: English private collection, Wiltshire, purchased at the Traditions of Collecting Exhibition from Alistair Sampson Antiques Ltd on 18th June 1997. A copy of the invoice accompanies this lot. Condition: Excellent condition commensurate with age, some wear and weathering, few small natural age cracks mostly to base, some old fills and touch-ups. Scientific Analysis Report: An AMS 14C (radiocarbon age) Analysis Report (Project code: I/2488/3) was completed by Isotoptechh Zrt. in Debrecen, Hungary on 30 April 2020, stating a calibrated calendar age of AD 1520-1660. A copy of the report accompanies this lot. Weight: 2,308 g Dimensions: Height 49.5 cm Literature comparison: A similarly decorated figure of larger size was exhibited in The Minor Arts of China III, Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1987, cat. no. 10. Auction result comparison: A related figure of Guanyin, dated to the Dingmao year, corresponding to 1567 or 1627, was sold in these rooms in Fine Chinese Works of Art and Buddhist Sculptures on 16 June 2018, lot 98, for EUR 32,864. A related yet considerably larger figure from the late Ming dynasty was sold by Sotheby’s New York in Important Chinese Art on 20 March 2019, lot 679, for USD 93,750. 嘉靖大型鎏金漆彩尊者木像 中國，1521-1567年。尊者立像，雙手緊扣在胸前，身穿精美長袍，長跑上裝飾纏枝花紋，雕花精美，長袍背面飾有鎏金云龍紋。 來源：英國維特郡私人收藏, 購於Alistair Sampson Antiques Ltd 1997年6月18日的Traditions of Collecting 展覽中。隨附發票複印件。 品相：狀況與年齡相稱，有些磨損和風化，輕微自然小裂縫，舊時填充物和補漆。 科學檢驗報告： 匈牙利Debrecen Isotoptechh Zrt 研究所的碳十四檢測報告，2020年4月30日，檢測為1520-1660年間。隨附檢驗報告。 重量：2,308 克 尺寸：高 49.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件丁卯年（1567年或1627年）的觀音像售于本拍賣行Fine Chinese Works of Art and Buddhist Sculptures拍場，2018年6月16日，lot 98, 售價 EUR 32,864。一件更大些的晚明木像售于紐約蘇富比Important Chinese Art拍場，2019年3月20日，lot 679, 售價 USD 93,750。