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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 7490578, member: 8267&quot;]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 &quot;famille rose&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/eight_immortals.htm#:~:text=They%20represent%20separately%20male%2C%20female,give%20life%20or%20destroy%20evil" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/eight_immortals.htm#:~:text=They%20represent%20separately%20male%2C%20female,give%20life%20or%20destroy%20evil" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/eight_immortals.htm#:~:text=They represent separately male, female,give life or destroy evil</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494201/zhang-guolao-figure-unknown/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494201/zhang-guolao-figure-unknown/" rel="nofollow">https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494201/zhang-guolao-figure-unknown/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://orientalceramics.com/product/a-chinese-export-porcelain-figure-qianlong-c-1780/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://orientalceramics.com/product/a-chinese-export-porcelain-figure-qianlong-c-1780/" rel="nofollow">https://orientalceramics.com/product/a-chinese-export-porcelain-figure-qianlong-c-1780/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/266053146344" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/266053146344" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/266053146344</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/522379015/antique-chinese-porcelain-figure-of-man" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/522379015/antique-chinese-porcelain-figure-of-man" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/522379015/antique-chinese-porcelain-figure-of-man</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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