Lot Essay
A pair of court ladies of this model, but without the plinth bases and dating to 1740-60, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, illustrated by C. Clunas, Chinese Export Art and Design, p. 51
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19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF NODDING HEAD COURT LADIES
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The ladies standing on sextagonal pierced plinths, each with a red scarf in one hand and a colorful ruyi sceptre in the other, wearing long turquoise robe over a skirt edged in wave pattern, her hair in a topknot with gilt and iron-red ornaments and her eyes downcast in serene expression
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high (2)
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The ladies standing on sextagonal pierced plinths, each with a red scarf in one hand and a colorful ruyi sceptre in the other, wearing long turquoise robe over a skirt edged in wave pattern, her hair in a topknot with gilt and iron-red ornaments and her eyes downcast in serene expression
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high (2)