A PAIR OF FIGURES OF EASTERN WATER CARRIERS modelled by James Hadley, he wearing an orange fez, bronz waistcoat, mauve blouse and blue pantaloons, she wearing a puce head-scarf, green robe and bronz sash, their clothes enriched in gilding, each [pouring water from a bottle or vase into a bowl, on bronz bases, impressed Hadley, impressed and purple printed marks, she with impressed number 594, date code for 1881
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A PAIR OF FIGURES OF EASTERN WATER CARRIERS modelled by James Hadley, he wearing an orange fez, bronz waistcoat, mauve blouse and blue pantaloons, she wearing a puce head-scarf, green robe and bronz sash, their clothes enriched in gilding, each [pouring water from a bottle or vase into a bowl, on bronz bases, impressed Hadley, impressed and purple printed marks, she with impressed number 594, date code for 1881
17¾in. (45cm.) and 16¾in. (42.5cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury (ed.), op. cit., p. 214, Fig. 710