A FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF A MANCHU LADY

QIANLONG PERIOD

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A FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF A MANCHU LADY
Qianlong period
Standing with a pink porcelain vase held in one arm, wearing a yellow and brown fur capelet and belted robes over trousers, below which protrude her blue Turkic or Muslim style slippers, at her side on the green and blue rockwork base a small mythical beast with marbled blue, pink and white coat
10 5/8in. (27cm.) high

Lot Essay

See W.R. Sargent, op. cit., pp 124-5 for a discussion of the depiction of ladies with their small pets which quotes Athanasius Kircher observing in 1625 that Chinese ladies pass their time "sporting with little dogs, birds and such delights"

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