A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE FIGURES OF SEATED LADIES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
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November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE FIGURES OF SEATED LADIES,
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
each seated on a low blue rockwork base, holding a vase, a dog crouching to one side
height 7 in.; 17.8 cm
Christie's New York, 29 January 1980, lot 100
The model is unusual. Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate 2008, p. 110, no. 5.15, illustrate an example of the seated figure alone, lacking the end of the base and the dog.