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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES OF BOYS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURES OF BOYS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each boy with smiling expression shown seated on a drum-form stool with one leg raised, the eyes inset with black beads, one figure holding a cat and the other holding a rabbit, each wearing a ruyi necklace and loose clothing with foliate-decorated borders
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each boy with smiling expression shown seated on a drum-form stool with one leg raised, the eyes inset with black beads, one figure holding a cat and the other holding a rabbit, each wearing a ruyi necklace and loose clothing with foliate-decorated borders
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1992.
The Irving Collection, no. 3810.
The Irving Collection, no. 3810.