Lot 613
613
TWO GLAZED SEATED FIGURES OF OFFICIALS

Details
TWO GLAZED SEATED FIGURES OF OFFICIALS
MING DYNASTY

Both seated on high rectangular stools with foot rests, wearing formal robes glazed in tones of green, yellow, cream, brown and black, both wearing domed hats with frontal decoration, and a neck ornament, one with a bi suspended from his waist with sashes, his hands clasped and raised in front of his body, probably once holding a gui tablet, the other with right hand raised palm up and left hand on his thigh, the bearded, unglazed faces painted with pigments (some restoration and chips)
31½ and 32½in. (80 and 82.5cm.) high (2)
Literature
Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1943, nos. 417 and 419

Lot Essay

Two slightly larger figures of officials, from the Louise C. Morgan Collection, were sold in these rooms, December 2, 1993, lot 276. See, also, the figure previously sold in these rooms, June 3, 1988, lot 247