A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE PRIEST ZONGXIAN, CHINA, Chenghua period, dated 1474, on wood base. Seated in European fashion with his right hand placed on his lap while the left is holding the rosary, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved patchwork mantle fastened to a ring at his left shoulder, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, his elderly face displaying a serene expression showing open eyes, wrinkled forehead and his head topped with the specific bonnet, the reverse with lengthy inscription - Property from an old European private collection, assembled in the 1960s - small old repairs to robe border, minor wear