BACK TO GALLERY
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Figures of Foreigners Riding upon Fu Lions
description
Depicting Asiatic men (probably Sogdian) dressed in colorful robes and distinctive conical striped hats. Each holds a small vase that could serve as a taper holder. A very rare type representing a combination of the exotic and fantastical.
Height: 10 ½ inches (27 cm.)
Figural versions of this type are rare and most always found in much smaller famille verte examples (without holders). A larger version of this type, but in cloisonne, from this same period and formerly with C.T. Loo, was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, September 18, 2024, Lot 24.
Ex: Private American Collection
Height: 10 ½ inches (27 cm.)
Figural versions of this type are rare and most always found in much smaller famille verte examples (without holders). A larger version of this type, but in cloisonne, from this same period and formerly with C.T. Loo, was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, September 18, 2024, Lot 24.
Ex: Private American Collection
SEND AN EMAIL