A PAIR OF CHINA TRADE BRONZE FIGURES
A PAIR OF CHINA TRADE BRONZE FIGURES

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINA TRADE BRONZE FIGURES
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of a Mandarin and his wife, each standing facing forward, he with an object clasped to his chest in one hand, the other hand at his side, concealed in the sleeve of the buttoned jacket he wears over a dragon robe, she with a folded fan, her hair pinned up with floral hair ornaments and her long robe over a pleated skirt, the details incised, each on a fitted gilt-bronze stand
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high (2)

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