A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF SHENNONG LATE MING – QING DYNASTY

the mythical ruler and father of agriculture draped in a cape of layered leaves suspended from a rope and wearing a similar undergarment tied around the waist, carved seated on a rocky outcrop with one leg pendant, the other upturned, his right arm bent and pointing with his index finger, with two bumps to the sides of his head and glass eyes inlaid to the wrinkled face, covered in brown and black lacquer, the figure affixed to the rock-like platform