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670

670
AN EXPORT SET OF THE EIGHT IMMORTALS AND SHOULAO

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The famille rose robed immortals and Shoulao stand on rectangular

bases, each holding his respective attribute.

9æ in. (24.5 cm.) high                                             (9)

$6,000-9,000

PROVENANCE:

With Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain & Works of Art, 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, pp. 64-65.

清十九世紀初 外銷粉彩八仙及壽老像一組九件

671                                                                          671
AN EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE CRANE
LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY                                                                                        55

The red-crowned crane stands with one leg perched on a rock.
9æ in. (25 cm.) high

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 4 December 2002, lot 97.
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. 252.

清十八世紀末/十九世紀初 外銷粉彩仙鶴
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