Dimensions: Weight: 1514.2g Height: 19.5cm x Width: 23cm PROVENANCE: Bonhams. London, 6 Nov 2014, Sale: Fine Chinese Art, Lot 0398.Compare a similar silver-inlaid bronze figure of Guandi dated to the late Ming dynasty, which sold at Christies Hong Kong, 27 April 1998, lot 774. The striking figure wearing a cap fastening his topknot with long strands, his robe draped over his body and folded hands, slightly opening at the chest to reveal his chain-mail armor, the details delicately inlaid with silver forming patterns of striding dragons and cloud scrolls, wood stand. Guan Yu is a figure in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the bronze figure sitting on a rock with a solemn look.