19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF NODDING-HEAD FIGURES
19th century
Modelled in plaster as a young official and his wife, the gentleman with a shallow cap and hair pigtail, wearing a deep blue robe buttoned down the front and adorned with a rank badge partially covered by his left hand, the inner robe with colourful embroidery revealed at the sleeves and above the feet, the lady with her hair neatly tied up and dressed in a pale blue robe decorated with flowers, buttoned down her right side and with floral hems, the embroidered inner robe visible below, minor restoration and discoloration
each approx. 12¼in. (31cm.) high (2)
19th century
Modelled in plaster as a young official and his wife, the gentleman with a shallow cap and hair pigtail, wearing a deep blue robe buttoned down the front and adorned with a rank badge partially covered by his left hand, the inner robe with colourful embroidery revealed at the sleeves and above the feet, the lady with her hair neatly tied up and dressed in a pale blue robe decorated with flowers, buttoned down her right side and with floral hems, the embroidered inner robe visible below, minor restoration and discoloration
each approx. 12¼in. (31cm.) high (2)