A Pair of Export ´Nodding-Head´ Figures
Klubbat för:
320000 SEK
Utropspris
100 000-120 000 SEK
Beskrivning
A Fine Pair of Export Polychrome-painted Clay 'Nodding-Head' Figures, the finely and realistically modelled couple with painted detachable clay heads weighted with lead to nod, wearing elaborately decorated traditional Chinese robes, the lady with a long red dress decorated with a dragon chasing the flaming pearl, her hair drawn up in a tall loop, the Mandarin of First Civil Rank, wearing a long blue coat painted with a crane amidst swirling clouds and a red conical hat, Qianlong/Jiaqing period, late 18th/early 19th century, height c. 52/54 cm, damaged, repairs, wear
LITERATURE:
Compare with, Jan Wirgin, "Från Kina till Europa", Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm 1998, p. 198-199, 206-207, image 227
Setterwall, Fogelmarck, Gyllensvärd, "The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm", 1972, p. 178-184 and 300, FE 161
Auktionsnummer:
3016
Datum:
2015-06-04