FAMILLE VERTE SEATED FIGURE OF A BOY KANGXI PERIOD (1662-17...

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FAMILLE VERTE SEATED FIGURE OF A BOY
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙彩繪童子像
finely modelled in the form of a seated laughing boy with his plump legs bent and holding a peach in his right hand. Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Dressed in a two buttoned jacket decorated with medallion flowers in blue, aubergine, rouge-de-fer and shades of green – with breeches in turquoise. The smiling face is humorously rendered beneath a small black tuft of hair.
16cm high

NOTE: It is rare to find an example of a seated boy holding an object and was probably made for export along with a group of boys with virtually the same facial features and dress.

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Guest & Gray, London, 5 February 2008.

RELATED EXAMPLES: A similar less detailed pair is illustrated in “Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics”, Anthony du Boulay, Page 289, Item No: 11, in which they are considered to be possibly “Two Laughing Fryors” mentioned in the 1688 inventory of Burghley House. The Collection of the Honourable Mrs Nellie Ionides, sold at Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1963, Lot 50. The Collection of Jakob Goldschmidt, Christie’s London, 29 June 1938 – Lots 45 and 46.

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Well-restored breaks to the neck, shoulders, arm and foot. The hands have been remodelled.

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Auction Date: 6th Nov 2023 at 10:30am

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Sale Dates:
6th Nov 2023 10:30am (Lots 1 to 47)