Dignified Older Asian Man Figurine

I hope when I'm 125 I still look as good as he does.

He is about 4 3/4" high by 2 " at the base.

I wonder what age/country and what technique is used.

Thanks for any help!

 

Almost certainly not Japanese...a Chinese courtier or other Imperial official.

 

Komo-Is that shot from 'Big Trouble In Little China' or some Woo Bros type film ?
PS-Tarantino !

 

Kill Bill !

 

Nobody makes 'em like Tarantino !

 

OK, I'll put that in my auction title.

Maybe good advice, lol.

 

Thought that was from the 70s tv show monkey

Man I loved that show when I was a kid, don't know if it was ever shown in the u.s though, cult tv for sure

 

Your figurine is Chinese, probably porcelain, and would have been made using a molding process - clay pressed into piece molds and then assembled. The small vent hole in the bottom is characteristic of older figurines (19th-early 20th century), as compared to Republic period figures with larger holes, or the open bases of slip cast ware. Each figure would be hand painted before firing. I believe the colors used in yours could be described as "famille rose".

It probably depicts Zhang Guolao, one of the 8 Immortals. His attribute is a bamboo tube drum, and he is usually shown as an old man.

https://www.nationsonline.org/onewo...rately male, female,give life or destroy evil.

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494201/zhang-guolao-figure-unknown/

https://orientalceramics.com/product/a-chinese-export-porcelain-figure-qianlong-c-1780/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266053146344

https://www.etsy.com/listing/522379015/antique-chinese-porcelain-figure-of-man

 

Thank you so much!!! I was expecting just more and more jokes!

 

we do both......

 

Charlie-We did get that 'Monkey' in the 70's or 80's.

 

I should make a correction - he might be a lower fired stoneware rather than porcelain.

Some of the Asian experts might be able to say more, or identify errors in what I have suggested.

 

Probably Canton ware, and as 2many said, Daoist Immortal Zhang Guolao.

The Famille terms are not usually applied to this type of ware, but if you were to call it by a Famille name, it would be Famille Jaune, since yellow is the dominant colour.

 

You get free expert appraisals and then gripe about the jokes ? I mean Mel Brooks or Python it aint,but hey it's free & you can put that in the bank !

 

Not griping, but my sense of humor has received a very high appraisal at Sotheby's.