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2170 A similar Dehua fgural group of comparable size is in the Walter Bondy
AN UNUSUAL DEHUA ‘GAMING’ GROUP Collection, Berlin, and is illustrated in Deutsche und Franzo¨sische Meister
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) des XIX und XX Jahrhunderts gema¨lde, Berlin, pl. XXI, no. 257.
The group is modeled to depict three Chinese men dressed in Compare, also, a smaller Dehua fgural group of the same subject
robes and conical hats standing in animated postures engaging in an illustrated in Chinese Export Porcelain including Figures from the Collection
argument while an attendant picks up coins and game pieces on the of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gill, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York,
foor, all raised on a shaped pedestal, molded with a panel enclosing 2002, p. 19, no. 5.
a dragon pursuing a faming pearl, and with a French gilt-bronze
mount. 清康熙 德化白釉西洋人物群塑像
5¬ in. (13 cm.) high
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
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