ID 820134
Lot 618 | A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT POLYCHROME-DECORATED NODDING HEAD FIGURES OF COURT MUSICIANS
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), CIRCA 1800
Depicting a lady and a gentleman, modeled in unfired clay or composition, each playing a wooden banhu or ruan instrument and dressed in a gilt-decorated Mandarin jacket over robes painted with flowers, seated on a base carved as a tree-stump, on painted wooden bases
26 in. (66 cm.) high
Provenance
The Estate of Leigh B. Block; Sotheby's, New York, 3 June 1988, lot 211.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 1995, lot 86.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
A Curious Affair, pp. 20-21
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
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