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THE SOWELL COLLECTION 93

93 A SMALL BISCUIT-GLAZED BOY AND
BUDDHIST LION GROUP AND A PAIR OF
94 BUDDHIST LION JOSS STICK HOLDERS
94 18TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY

52 95 The boy holding a cup and standing next to
a Buddhist lion, on an artemisia leaf base, the
pair of lions comprising a female with a pup,
the male with a brocade ball, on rectangular
base

7º in. (18.5 cm.) high, the lions (3)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 17
June 2003, lot 6731. (the boy).
The Collection of the Hon. Nellie Ionides,
Buxted Park, no 1067. (the boy).

94
THREE BISCUIT-GLAZED FAMILLE
VERTE FIGURES
KANGXI PERIOD

Comprising a boy reclining on a pierced
rock base, holding a fywhisk and a purse,
and a pair of fgures, male and female seated
on hexagonal bases

6 æ in. (17.2 cm.) high, the seated boy (3)

$4,000-6,000

LITERATURE:

op. cit., pp. 52, no. 1.1
op. cit., pp. 55, no. 1.4

95
A GLAZED-BISCUIT FIGURE OF AN
AFRICAN
19TH CENTURY
Wearing a plumed skirt, a foral sash, gilded
collar and ankle cuffs, holding a cornucopia,
standing on an Artemisia leaf-shaped base

12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

With Cohen & Cohen.

LITERATURE:

op. cit., pp. 58, no. 1.6