A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY AS INK STICK HOLDER, CHINA, late Ming dynasty, standing with his raised right foot on a lotus plant rising from the square pedestal, both hands holding its stem with the upper section in the form of a vase possibly for incense sticks, wearing skirt secured with a ribbon, bejewelled and his face showing a laughing expression - Property from an old German private collection, acquired from Eger in 1931 - Finial lost, minor wear