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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
~804
A GROUP OF SMALL WHITE-GLAZED FIGURES
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) OR LATER
The group includes a Dehua fgure of a Buddhist lion playing with an openwork brocade ball on top of a
leaf; a water dropper modeled as a kneeling boy holding a double gourd; a fgure of a recumbent cat; a
pair of incense stick holders, each modeled as a mythical beast with open mouth seated beside a tube
on a rectangular base; a fgure of a coiled snake; and a miniature Dehua water dropper modeled with
an immortal seated on a hollow rectangular base with a spout at one end and a small hole in one of the
top corners.
Tallest 3Ω in. (9 cm.) high, six hongmu stands, fve cloth boxes
(7)
$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE
J. M. Hu (1911-1995) Collection.
EXHIBITED
Kneeling boy and gourd water dropper: Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, An Exhibition of
Te Hua Porcelain, Art Gallery, January - June 1975, no. 61.
清或以後 白瓷小像一組

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