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The standing figures are modeled as two of the Eight Immortals, Han Xiangzi, patron of music, and Cao Guojiu, patron of theater. The first wears a short robe tied at the waist and holds a Chinese flute, and the second wears a long robe fastened with an official's belt and holds a clapper (paiban). A maker's mark, Zeng Longsheng, is stamped on each base.
15 1/4 and 14 3/4 in. (38.7 and 37.5 cm.) high


Provenance
Private Collection, Philadelphia, acquired prior to 1960, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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Lot Essay

Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964) was a celebrated potter at the Jingdezhen kilns who specialized in figural sculptures. A complete set of the Eighteen Luohan by Zeng Longsheng can be found in the collection of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong. The set was donated to the museum by Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung. An enameled and biscuit figure of a luohan with a young boy, bearing a Zeng Longsheng mark, was sold atChristie's New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 983.

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