Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Not at all my usual

Not at all my usual thing

I have a vague notion that this drawing may have been done by Swedish artist Beata Mårtensson (1880-1956)

I have to think this boy and dog was done after a 18th century painting by Gainsborough or Bartholomew Dandridge or someone similar among which there are smartly dressed boys and dogs aplenty

but he's in overall very good condition

Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone Not at all my usualBased on a few other carvings out there of a very similar ilk, I am pretty certain this one is Chinese, likely depicting a scholar, with what seems most likely to be a scroll held in hand. I think it is quite an exquisite little thing, which feels rather ancient but I think most likely 19th century, and which appears to have been finely carved from one piece of wood, then hand painted, now showing primarily a combination of soft gray and gold. At some