A gilt lacquered wood head late Ming dynasty

the face with lowered gaze, benign smile and long pendulous ears, the black hair drawn into a high coiled chignon bound with a red clasp, wearing a necklace with pendant below a high collar at the neck
48 cm high

Condition Report

The lacquer flaked off in parts. Chips to the top of the ears and the tip of the nose. The back of the chignon missing. A vertical crackl running from the base to the top of the collar on the left side and some vertical cracks on the reverse. A tapering groove cut on the underside for attachment. Some chips at the front of the base.