AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN WHITE FIGURE OF A CHINESE SAGE

CIRCA 1720-1730

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN WHITE FIGURE OF A CHINESE SAGE
CIRCA 1720-1730
The bearded figure modeled standing, his hands tucked into the sleeves of his robe
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present figure is inspired by Chinese ivory, soapstone and blanc-de-chine examples. A similar pair in variant poses from the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection is illustrated by L.H. Roth and C. Le Corbeiller, French Eighteenth Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, cat. no. 9 and B. Randot, ed., Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory ca. 1690-1766, New York, 1999, cat. no. 170.

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