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A rare Famille Verte figure/candlestick
Estimate
3.000 - 5.000
Session 1
15 October 2025
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain decorated with Famille Verte enamels, representing a smiling young foreigner standing on a base modelled as rocks enamelled in green and brown Wearing a black coat decorated with floral motifs, cinched with a yellow sash at the waist, yellow short breeches with vegetal decoration, and black knee-high boots
Raising a cup in his right hand
China, Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Height: 28 cm
Additional Information
This type of figure, characterised by prominent eyes, knotted eyebrows and smiling expressions, wearing colourful garments and in lively poses, are frequently interpreted as representations of foreigners, possibly from Central Asia or India. Similar examples are found in international collections, including the Medeiros e Almeida Museum, Lisbon.
Literature:
Cohen, M. & Motley, W. (2008). Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Vol. I: The James E. Sowell Collection. Hong Kong, pp. 58–59, nº 1.6.
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