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A RARE PAIR OF IVORY AND Painted enamel and ivory # gures of this type are ૶৻ඤ ზߣ೥೗๻̋൥˫ഁɿ྅ɓ࿁
PAINTED ENAMEL FIGURES OF rare and only one other closely related example Ը๕
KNEELING BOYS is known, from the J.E.G. Kulkindis collection,
o$ ered at Bonhams London, 10th November R H R Palmer 1898 1970 ϗᔛ
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG 2016, lot 100. Compare also a pair of kneeling Hon Nellie Ionides ˃ɛ ϗᔛ
PERIOD # gures modeled in a related style, formed of a ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1964ϋ2˜18˚dᇜ໮192
variety of materials including wooden bodies,
each enameled metal body with carved ivory John Sparks Ltd dࡐ౱d1964ϋ6˜10˚
enameled copper attributes, and ivory heads
heads and hands, modeled kneeling in mirror of Sydney T Cook ϗᔛd Ϥܝ࢕
and hands, attributed to the eighteenth century,
the other, their bodies turned slightly to the side ૄෂו
from the collections of H.M. Queen Mary and Mrs
with arms extended, vibrantly painted with gilt
blue-ground robes above puce trousers, the faces Ra# Y. Mottahedeh, included in the International ̈و
Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of R Soame Jenyns Chinese Art III‘dॲ
# nely detailed with smiling expressions. the hair
Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 688, and exhibited
gathered into two top knots, raised on # xed gilt- ߒd1965ϋd੹ྡو96ʿ܆ࠦ
in Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing,
metal stands in incised with lotus scroll (2)
Height 8⅛ in., 20.6 cm Sotheby’s, London, 1984, cat. no. 135, where
it mentions that the set was probably made in
Guangdong, which was ‘not only the main foreign
PROVENANCE
trading port in the eighteenth century but also
Collection of R.H.R. Palmer (1898-1970). a centre of enamelled copper wares for the
Collection of the Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides (1883-
European market’ (p. 115).
1962).
Sotheby’s London, 18th February 1964, lot 192. Ⴚ $ 60,000-80,000
John Sparks, Ltd., London, 10th June 1964.
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and
thence by descent. Please note that this lot is limited to buyers in the
United States only and cannot be exported.
LITERATURE หሗءจd͉שۜຫ˟̈ɹЇߕ਷ྤ̮f
R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art III, New York, 1965,
col. pl. 96 and front cover.

One of the present pair illustrated on the front cover
of R. Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art III, New York, 1965
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Chinese Art III‘dॲߒd1965ϋ

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