A rare Chinese glazed-biscuit 'lady and child' figure, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 外銷仕女嬰戲立像

The lady with a serene facial expression, standing and holding a child in her arms whilst breast-feeding, her flowing robes decorated with cobalt blue glaze, the head further-adorned with a veil

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Dimensions: 16cm high

Santos Collection

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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, 2016 London, vol. 1, pp. 90/91; C. Jörg, The Geldermalsen [sunk in 1752], History and Porcelain, Groningen, 1986, pp. 100/101 for an identical figure; 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, lot 5744 for a similar figure.