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A FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCE OF A LADY STANDING ON A For a pair of identically modelled figures with near identically painted
DRAGON robes but with a use of different enamels to the dragon bases and
Qianlong period, circa 1760 other minor highlights, see Cohen & Cohen, Hit & Myth, Antwerp,
The single figure standing on a dragon that glides over waves that form 2014-B, pp. 60-61, no. 34.
part of the base, she holds a beaker vase, gu, to her left side and is
wearing elegant robes with flower sprays and gilt roundels, her hair is These figures are a rare adaption of the usual three-dimensional
finely incised and worn in a double topknot, the back flat and pierced standing figures by the flattening of the backs for attachment to
with three holes for suspension. the wall. The use of a writhing dragon amidst waves and rockwork
14 1/4in (36cm) high that form the bases of these figures is a type rarely seen on ‘Export’
ceramics and suggests that these may have been for local Chinese
$5,000 - 7,000 consumption.
乾隆時期 約1760年 粉彩仕女壁燭臺 References: Cohen & Cohen, 2018, p. 100, a pair; Godden, 1979, p.
242, no. 167, another pair.
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, The Elephant in the Room, Antwerp, 2019, pp. 64-
67, no. 24 (one of two)

出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《The Elephant in the Room》，安特衛
普，2019年，頁64-67，圖版編號24（二之一）

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