A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MONK, CHINA, late Ming dynasty, standing on a shaped base with his right hand holding a walking-stick while the left is stretched in front of his chest supporting a ball, wearing monastic robes including a wide-sleeved mantle, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, moustache framing his mouth and bald head - Property from an Austrian private collection, in the family since the 1980s - Wear