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AN ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
Lot 4

AN ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749

Closed24 October 2012

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AN ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749
From a series of 'The Five Senses', modeled as two robed Chinese figures, one eyeing a piece of fruit in his hand, a small bottle in the other, his three-quarter length pants painted with a moon and stars, his companion holding a cup before a basket full of further bottles, on a rocaille-cast base
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high, overall

Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 64.

Specialist note

For another of this rare group, alternatively known as the 'The Chinese Quack Doctor and Assistant', in the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum no. C.103-1938), see P. Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1750-1848, London, 1990, col. pl. I. Also compare the example from the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 44.