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拍品專文
These figures are often referred to as Indonesians or Western Asiatics, who were present in China in Ming and Qing times. The form possibly derives from Ming dynasty bronze figural oil lamps and vases, such as the one illustrated by Sydney Moss in The Second Bronze Age - Later Chinese Metalwork, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 20.
Compare the very similar example in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, illustrated by The Chinese Porcelain Company in The Chinese Porcelain Company - A Dealer's Record 1985-2000, New York, 2000, p. 167; compare also the similar but smaller models decorated in the 'egg and spinach' palette, such as the pair illustrated by The Chinese Porcelain Company in the catalogue The Art of the Qing Potter: Important Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1997, no. 22; and another related pair in the Taft Museum, illustrated by Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Glubok in The Taft Museum - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 1995, no. 1931.29, p. 624. See also the famille rose candlestick of this form exhibited in Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003, cat. no. 72, p. 64.
Compare the very similar example in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, illustrated by The Chinese Porcelain Company in The Chinese Porcelain Company - A Dealer's Record 1985-2000, New York, 2000, p. 167; compare also the similar but smaller models decorated in the 'egg and spinach' palette, such as the pair illustrated by The Chinese Porcelain Company in the catalogue The Art of the Qing Potter: Important Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 1997, no. 22; and another related pair in the Taft Museum, illustrated by Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Glubok in The Taft Museum - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 1995, no. 1931.29, p. 624. See also the famille rose candlestick of this form exhibited in Chinese Export Art in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2003, cat. no. 72, p. 64.