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A PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE SEATED MONKS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each fgure is modeled wearing a fowered green robe and
is seated on an oval base.
5¿ in. (13 cm.) high

$7,000-10,000

PROVENANCE:

With M. Mardellis, 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. 91.

清乾隆 外銷粉彩僧人坐像一對

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A PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE SEATED LADIES

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each lady is modeled seated on a pierced garden seat. She

is wearing robes enameled with lotus and cranes and her

hair is piled high in an elaborate chignon.

8¬ in. (21.8 cm.) high, the slightly taller (2)

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s London, 7 April 1997, lot 113.
Philips London, June 2001.
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. 108.

清乾隆 外銷粉彩仕女坐像一對

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