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A white China porcelain statuette depicting a Dutch merchant…
See original version (French)
46
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A white China porcelain statuette depicting a Dutch merchant…
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
A white China porcelain statuette depicting a Dutch merchant, China, Dehua, Kangxi period (1662–1722)
The Dutchman is depicted smiling, seated on a plinth decorated with moulded motifs of two birds amongst flowering branches, his left leg bent and his right hand resting on his right thigh. He is dressed in a long buttoned jacket, boots and a hat from which his long hair spills out. This is a well-known and famous design, examples of which are held at the Guimet Museum, the V&A and the British Museum. Our example is incomplete – on the original model, a small monkey, which is missing here, climbs up the figure’s right leg. Similarly, the left hand normally holds what is thought to be a banana, but this was reinterpreted during the restoration of the figure’s hand.
Height: 34 cm
Broken head reattached, extensive restoration, monkey missing.
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