A Chinese glazed biscuit figure of Tong-fang-cho, Patron of goldsmiths. Qianlong period
Standing on a plinth, holding the peaches stolen from Si-wang-mou.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Qianlong (1735-1795)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 6.69 in. (17 cm)
- Reference :
- C571
- Status:
- sold
Provenance
Eymery & Cie, Paris (Robert Duchange)
Related works
For a representation of this figure in polychrome enamels and qingbai glaze, see Jorge Welsh, The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics, A Collector’s Vision, 2011, pp. 327/329, no. 375/376
For a figure of the same technique of ceramics but representing a seated figure, see Jorge Welsh, Important Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, 1999, p. 50, no. 19.
B. Dam-Mikkelsen, Ethnographic Objects in The Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1650-1900, p. 158.
C. J. A. Jörg, Oosterse keramiek uit Groninger kollekties, 1982, cat. 75.
A. & B. Gremner, Kinesiskt porslin – det vita guldet, p.107.
