R8602
£8,500
Description
A pair of Chinese porcelain wucai standing figures of smiling boys, hehe, each holding a vase of lotus, their waist bands with flowers and foliage and mirrors on the reverse, their shoulders with ruyi heads, their arms and legs with precious objects, all on a square pedestal base painted with a peony bloom.
27cm high, base width 6.5cm.
Shunzhi, circa 1650.
Condition
Excellent.
Provenance & Additional Information
- For a similar example, see Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics, by William R. Sargent, no. 265, p. 477.
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