Lot Essay
A similar chinoiserie terracotta was in the collection of Hubert de Saint-Senoch, Pavillion de Bidarre, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 6 December 1983, lot 240.
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A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA FIGURES ON ORMOLU BASES
THE BASES EARLY 19TH CENTURY
In the form of a chinaman and lady, both holding a parasol, the lady with a bird cage, the gentleman holding aloft a bird, each on associated base cast with rams' masks, griffins and fruiting swags on a square plinth with leaf tip-cast border-21in. (53cm.) high overall, the base 6in. (15cm.) square (2)
THE BASES EARLY 19TH CENTURY
In the form of a chinaman and lady, both holding a parasol, the lady with a bird cage, the gentleman holding aloft a bird, each on associated base cast with rams' masks, griffins and fruiting swags on a square plinth with leaf tip-cast border-21in. (53cm.) high overall, the base 6in. (15cm.) square (2)