KANGXI

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A blanc-de-Chine group of a boat with figures
Kangxi
The boat set in the centre with a small rectangular table with a plate of fish, surrounded by four men, two ladies and a child seated on the edge of the boat or standing, some restorations
17.5 cm. long

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Lot Essay

See for a similar example P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, p.179, pl.105A, where it is mentioned that figure groups of both Chinese and European subjects became popular during the beginning of the eighteenth Century, and that 'the boating party....is a delightful subject - just the sort of people who might go on a trip to P'u-t'o Island and buy there a memento of their visit'.

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