A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF SHOULAO, CHINA, 17th/18th ct., seated in European fashion on a rock with a shaped dish to the front of him placed on a large and elaborate rock cast with a deer below, his right hand holding perhaps a pestle while the left is resting on his knee, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle secured with a belt, his elderly face displaying a serene expression with wrinkled forehead, whiskers and long beard - Property from an old European private collection -