ID 963346
Lot 3081 | A DEHUA HEHE ERXIAN GROUP
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
LATE QING DYNASTY
The twins are shown facing and laughing with one another. The standing twin is wearing loose robes open at the chest to reveal a ruyi-form necklace, holding in his right hand a large plantain leaf draping over his shoulders. The other twin seated beside him with robes open at the chest to reveal a similar necklace, with long hair trailing down his back and a bald patch on the top of his head, holding a half-opened basket in his right hand to reveal a bat, with a further bat rests on the cover of the basket. The back of the group is impressed with a four-character seal mark reading He Chaozong yin.
10 7/8 in. (27.8 cm.) high
Provenance
An American private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3725
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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