Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone I have a vague notion

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

6" tall x 2 1/2" wide x 2 1/4" deep and

but most pages are quite clean

And just enough gray in the sky and darkness and choppiness to the water to make it feel nice and moody

I believe this originally came with a matching spoon/ladle

Antique Carved, Painted Wooden Chinese Figure on Base James Bone I have a vague notionBased 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