AN ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749

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AN ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749
From a series of 'The Five Senses', modeled as two robed Chinese figures, one eyeing a piece of fruit in his hand, a small bottle in the other, his three-quarter length pants painted with a moon and stars, his companion holding a cup before a basket full of further bottles, on a rocaille-cast base
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high, overall

来源

Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 64.

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Please note that the Derby figure group is likely later-decorated.

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For another of this rare group, alternatively known as the 'The Chinese Quack Doctor and Assistant', in the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum no. C.103-1938), see P. Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1750-1848, London, 1990, col. pl. I. Also compare the example from the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 44.