LACQUERED WOODEN HEAD, CHINA, MING DYNASTY PERIOD (1368-1664) The large bust with the face with lowered gaze, benign smile and long pendulous ears, the black hair drawn into a high coiled chignon bound with a clasp, wearing a black and red dress with a high collar at the neck. In quite good condition, traces of lacquering and flakes on the polychromes coloured surface, a few wear on the surface and minor losses. 32.4 cm high,17.4 cm wide A LACQUERED WOOD HEAD, CHINA, MING DYNASTY PERIOD (1368-1664) Provenance: from an English private collection of a sumptuous mansion in Cairo developed in the 19th century and thence by condescent.