Chinese figure Qing?

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What era would this be?
What does the 4 character mark say?
Thoughts?
Thank you in advance.

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More pics.

[peterp]

Made by Wei Hong-chun. Apparently republic period.

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Thank you Peter.
Sent me on the right track.
Can find "Wei Hongtai" but not this chap.
Found the same artist on christies site but no mention of his name.

A: Could be Wei Hong-tai indeed. The characters are written similarly, and the ones on yours were not as clearly visible. When I looked for Wei Hong-chun on the Chinese Internet I found quite a number of mentions, however. Not sure if it is the same. Could be brothers or father and son.

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No.  It says Wei Hongtai.  The picture wasn't exactly clear, so the "tai"(?? character could look like a "chun"???.

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Thank you both.

[heavenguy]

Uhhh nice figure... I think that this type of foot is late republic and the quality is there... i was looking at some images for Wei Hong tai and the way he portraits Shou is very similar to this figure. I think you may have something here...