The figure is standing, holding what may be a plant. The back of his robes was pierced like a netsuke at a later date.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 141

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; inherited probably from Major Duberly’s great uncle, Captain Frank Brinkley, author of Japan and China, their History, Arts and Literature

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2