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Lot Essay
This pair of large and impressive figures represents court officials of high rank. The contrasting green and amber robes complement each other, while the splashes on the breast plates create a decorative motif to link the two figures.
Compare a figure of this type and size (107 cm.) in the Luo Yang Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua dacidian taoci juan (Dictionary of Gems of Chinese Cultural Relics: Ceramics), Shanghai, 1995.
See, also, the very large example of this type (122.3 cm.), sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 413.
Compare a figure of this type and size (107 cm.) in the Luo Yang Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo wenwu jinghua dacidian taoci juan (Dictionary of Gems of Chinese Cultural Relics: Ceramics), Shanghai, 1995.
See, also, the very large example of this type (122.3 cm.), sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 413.