Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone but he's in overall very

but he's in overall very good condition

I believe this originally came with a matching spoon/ladle

and such kindly looks toward one another

Not at all my usual thing

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Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone but he's in overall veryBased 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