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A RARE BLANC-DE-CHINE GROUP OF
A SEATED SCHOLAR AND LADY
18th century
Elegantly modelled with a lady playing the qin for
her male companion, the lady sitting cross-legged
exposing slightly her bound left foot, clad in heavy
robes cascading to the floor, her coiffured hair
meticulously incised, both seated at a square table
with an incense burner, vase, and bowl of peaches
on top, all covered in an ivory-white glaze.
17cm (6 3/4in) high.

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000

十八世紀 德化白瓷高士賞樂擺件

Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York (label)
Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art,
s-Hertogenbosch (label)

來源： 紐約古董商Chait （標貼）
荷蘭斯海爾托亨博斯古董商Vanderven & Vanderven
Oriental Art （標貼）

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品

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A LARGE PAIR OF BISCUIT-GLAZED
TOAD-SHAPED VESSELS
18th century
Each toad facing forward with brown webbed feet and
slightly upturned heads with large bulbous eyes painted
dark chocolate-brown, the white hollowed bodies with
pimples and the backs with star-shaped apertures.
Each 30cm (11 3/4in) long. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
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十八世紀 素胎蟾蜍擺件 一對

Provenance: Michel Beurdeley, Paris, 1954
A Spanish private collection
來源： 1954年為巴黎古董商Michel Beurdeley所藏
西班牙私人收藏

A similar green-glazed toad-shaped vessel,
Qianlong, is illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty:
The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing
Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.285.

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