KANGXI

Details

A rare famille verte biscuit figure of a french courtier
Kangxi
Modelled standing on a flat base with a rockwork support behind, wearing fashionable French dress, in black boots and a green coat decorated with cloud scrolls and a yellow sash, his long curly wig falling over his shoulders, holding his aubergine hat in his right hand, his face with a pleasant smiling expression, one hand restored, chips to the hat
23 cm. high

Provenance

Purchased from the collection of Dr. E. Wasserman, 5 March 1932.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

See W. R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, p.107, fig.49, for nearly an identical figure which was originally one of a pair. The author suggests that these figures may be based on French fashion plates of about 1700, possibly engravings by Bonnart of members of the Royal family. This male figure is often referred to as 'the Dauphin'. Compare the pair illustrated in Howard & Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, pp 580-581, no. 601.

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