A Chinese glazed-biscuit 'couple' figure group, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 外銷文人仕女立像

The finely modelled figure group representing a couple, both standing, face with serene expressions, the lady wearing a blue-glazed robe and the gentleman wearing a celadon-glazed robe, both standing on a base

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Dimensions: 15cm high

Santos, London

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For further literature, please refer to: J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, by J. Ayers, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 90/91; C. Jörg, The Geldermalsen [sunk in 1752], History and Porcelain, Groningen, 1986, pp. 100/101; C.S. Woodward, Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, Cape Town, 1974, p. 47, cat. 71 for a figure of this type recovered from the wreck of Middelburg sunk in 1780; C. Sheaf and R. Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record (1643/46-1752), Oxford 1988, p. 157, fig. 206 for a a group of similar figures from the 1752 wreck; The Nanking Cargo, sold at Christie’s Amsterdam in 1986, lots 5743 to 5746.