CIRCA 1720

Details

A Böttger seated pagoda figure
Circa 1720
Seated with his right hand resting on his raised right knee, his left leg tucked beneath his right, his mouth and ears pierced, his laughing face, bald head, partly-exposed torso, hands and foot gilt and highly polished, the whites of his eyes and his teeth left white, wearing a loose white garment incised with folds and edged with dark and pale blue stripes (minute chip to edge of base at back, small chip to edge of base at front adjacent to foot, small areas of wear to gilding)
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The late Sydney J. Lamon Collection, New York
Sale Christie's London, 29th November 1973, lot 17

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. the very similar example sold in these Rooms on 24th February 1959, lot 101. Also see the example similarly gilt but with a puce-edged robe sold by Sotheby's Zürich on 24th November 1992, lot 3, and the white example recently sold by Christie's New York on 23rd April 1998, lot 12.

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