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A FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCE OF A LADY STANDING ON A DRAGON Qianlong period, circa 1760 image 1

A FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCE OF A LADY STANDING ON A DRAGON Qianlong period, circa 1760 image 2

Lot 153^¤

A FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCE OF A LADY STANDING ON A DRAGON
Qianlong period, circa 1760

24 January 2023, 10:00 EST

New York

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A FAMILLE ROSE WALL SCONCE OF A LADY STANDING ON A DRAGON

Qianlong period, circa 1760
The single figure standing on a dragon that glides over waves that form part of the base, she holds a beaker vase, gu, to her left side and is wearing elegant robes with flower sprays and gilt roundels, her hair is finely incised and worn in a double topknot, the back flat and pierced with three holes for suspension.
14 1/4in (36cm) high

Footnotes

乾隆時期約1760年粉彩仕女壁燭臺

Published
Cohen & Cohen, The Elephant in the Room, Antwerp, 2019, pp. 64-67, no. 24 (one of two)

出版：
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《The Elephant in the Room》，安特衛普，2019年，頁64-67，圖版編號24（二之一）

For a pair of identically modelled figures with near identically painted robes but with a use of different enamels to the dragon bases and other minor highlights, see Cohen & Cohen, Hit & Myth, Antwerp, 2014-B, pp. 60-61, no. 34.

These figures are a rare adaption of the usual three-dimensional standing figures by the flattening of the backs for attachment to the wall. The use of a writhing dragon amidst waves and rockwork that form the bases of these figures is a type rarely seen on 'Export' ceramics and suggests that these may have been for local Chinese consumption.

References: Cohen & Cohen, 2018, p. 100 a pair; Godden, 1979, p. 242, no. 167, another pair.

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