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A Chinese Export painted terracotta nodding figure, probably second half 18th century

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

modelled in polychromy standing with a fan (or mirror?) in the right hand and a fabric square in the other hand

38cm high, 14cm wide, 9cm deep; 15in., 5 1/2in., 3 1/2in.

A standing figure of almost identical design is now in the Musée de la Compagnie des Indes in Lorient (acquired at Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 13 December 2024, lot 416). Otherwise, a similar pair of figures was offered at Replica Shoes ’s, Milan, Arredi Dipinti e Oggetti d’arte dalle Collezioni di Giulio Ometto, 11 April 2002, lot 274 and another similar pair is illustrated in E. Quaglino, Il Piemonte, Milan, 1966, p.148.

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