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AN EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE TWIN DUCKS
AND LOTUS GROUP

18TH CENTURY

The ducks are seated side-by-side on a lotus

leaf, one preening its back. A small fower

sits between the ducks and a smaller lotus leaf

in front of them forms a small bowl.

6 in. (15 cm.) long (2)

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

With Santos, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.

LITERATURE:

Michael Cohen and William Motley,
Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese
Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 266,
627 no. 18.6.

清十八世紀 外銷粉彩荷塘鴛鴦擺件

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A LARGE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE
IMMORTAL RIDING A LION
LATE 18TH CENTURY

The immortal rides a mythical lion beast
while holding a fan in his right hand and a
cup in his left.
14Ω in. (37 cm.) high

$7,000-10,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2005, lot
779.
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.

LITERATURE:

Michael Cohen and William Motley,
Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese
Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 70.

清十八世紀末 外銷粉彩騎獅仙人像

628

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