A very rare Chelsea figure of a Chinese gentleman, circa 1750-52
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GBP 1,000
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Modelled standing with a smiling expression, his head turned slightly to one side, wearing a wide-brimmed conical hat lined in pink, his long white robe painted with scattered red flowers and edged in black, his hands tucked into his green lined sleeves, on a low square base, 10.5cm high, raised anchor mark
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Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2008
Literature
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol. 5, 2024, p. 35, fig. b
A similar figure is illustrated by Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, p. 30, no. 20 and was sold by Phillips on 13 December 2000, lot 141. Another example was sold by Christie's on 13 November 1972, lot 13.