A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL ROCOCO STYLE TERRACOTTA FIGURES OF A CHINESE WOMAN AND MAN

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A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL ROCOCO STYLE TERRACOTTA FIGURES OF A CHINESE WOMAN AND MAN
Each in oriental costume, the woman holding a dove and standing astride a cage, the man playing a guitar, restorations to hand of woman
The woman: 68in. (173cm.) high, 27in. (68.5cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep; the man 68½in. (174cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

These figures are clearly inspired by the set of gilded sandstone figures of Chinese musicians by Benkert and Heymuller for Frederick the Great's Chinese tea-house at Sans Souci, Potsdam, circa 1757 (see D. Jacobson, Chinoiserie, 1993, pp. 92-93).