Lot 335
335
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE AND BISCUIT FIGURAL TAPER HOLDERS
ANOTHER PROPERTY
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE AND BISCUIT FIGURAL TAPER HOLDERS

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE AND BISCUIT FIGURAL TAPER HOLDERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each molded as a figure of a squatting foreigner with arms raised to support a quadrilobed tray above his head to form a taper holder, supported on a rectangular base with bamboo-form supports, the front of the plinth molded with diaper pattern and with a chime-shaped aperture, covered with green, clear and aubergine glazes
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A very similar famille verte biscuit figure dated 1670-1700, but missing the quadrilobed tray, is illustrated by J. Ayers, The Chinese Porcelain Collection of Marie Vergottis, Foundation Georges et Marie Vergottis, Lausanne, 2004, p. 108, no. 111.

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