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五 50. Large standing figure of an official wearing long iron-red robes with different flowerhead medallions in gilt including
十 lotus, chrysanthemum, prunus, hibiscus, peony and others, with white-enamel collar and shoes, heightened in black
enamel, the face delicately modelled, the official hat with relief iron-red and gilt ruyi-head, modelled at the back with
彩 scrolls, long plaits and detailed hairwork, the base unglazed.
繪 43.5cm high.
人 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
物
立 • Formerly in a European private collection.
像 • A related figure, with a nodding head, from the collection of Mr Basil and the Hon. Mrs Ionides, Buxted Park,
Sussex, is illustrated by Margaret Jordain and R. Soame Jenyns in Chinese Export Art in The Eighteenth Century,
清 no. 72, p. 110.
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