THREE BRONZE FIGURES 17th century The first female Immortal dressed in elegant flowing robes and billowing scarf, holding aloft a flower spray in her left hand, the right hand concealed beneath a voluminous sleeve to the rear, with remnants of gilt lacquering, 16cm (6 1/4in); the second a parcel-gilt figure of a scholar, wearing a double belted robe and scholar's hat, holding a tablet in his right hand, 15cm (5 7/8in) high, wood stand; and a figure of a lady in long flowing robes adorned with lotus scrolls in a dancing posture with raised right arm holding a vessel. 19cm (7 1/2in) high. (4). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七世紀 銅製人像 一組三件 Compare the dignitary (left) with a related figure of an official, Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, no.113. See also a related bronze figure of an official, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8 October 2014, lot 3367. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com