Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Not at all my usual

Not at all my usual thing

but most pages are quite clean

I believe this originally came with a matching spoon/ladle

But the framing is also a big part of what makes it great

And just enough gray in the sky and darkness and choppiness to the water to make it feel nice and moody

Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Not at all my usualBased on a few other carvings out there of a very similar ilk, I am pretty certain this one is Chinese, likely depicting a scholar, with what seems most likely to be a scroll held in hand. I think it is quite an exquisite little thing, which feels rather ancient but I think most likely 19th century, and which appears to have been finely carved from one piece of wood, then hand painted, now showing primarily a combination of soft gray and gold. At some