A 19th century Meissen polychrome porcelain pagoda figure of a seated Chinamen, decorated in typical colours with articulated nodding head and hands, signed to base with blue crossed swords and with incised mark # 156 - Height 18cms
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A Meissen figure of a nodding pagoda, circa 1850-70
The jovial Chinaman seated cross-legged, with articulated nodding head and hands and a separate tongue, his robes brightly painted with Chinese style flowers and also wearing a gilded collar, 17.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, incised No 156, impressed numeral, painter's numeral 6.
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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