A PAIR OF FIGURES OF EASTERN WATER-CARRIERS modelled by James Hadley, he wearing a brown fez, bronzed waistcoat and breeches and lilac shirt, pouring water from a large leather bottle into a bowl at his feet, she wearing a pink turban and a bronzed robe, pouring water from a vase on her shoulder into a bowl, on bronzed rocky circular bases, their clothes enriched with gilt leaf and dot patterns and the bases in a gilt lustre (bowls replacements, his left leg restored, chip to bottom of her robe, slight wear to enamels on bases), impressed Hadley, green printed marks and impressed marks, model numbers 594, date codes for 1885

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A PAIR OF FIGURES OF EASTERN WATER-CARRIERS modelled by James Hadley, he wearing a brown fez, bronzed waistcoat and breeches and lilac shirt, pouring water from a large leather bottle into a bowl at his feet, she wearing a pink turban and a bronzed robe, pouring water from a vase on her shoulder into a bowl, on bronzed rocky circular bases, their clothes enriched with gilt leaf and dot patterns and the bases in a gilt lustre (bowls replacements, his left leg restored, chip to bottom of her robe, slight wear to enamels on bases), impressed Hadley, green printed marks and impressed marks, model numbers 594, date codes for 1885
16½in. (42cm.) and 17½in. (44.3cm.) high (2)

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