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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

A COLLECTION OF FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) AND 19TH CENTURY
The group comprises: a pair of ear-cleaning groups with an elegantly dressed woman attending a seated man; a Hehe erxian group, the laughing Immortal twins standing side by side, one carrying a vase, the other a bowl; a standing figure of Shoulao with a leafy branch of peaches flicked over his right shoulder; a blue and celadon-glazed mother, child and baby group; and two similar figures of Guanyin, wearing a cowl and long, loosely draped robes seated on a lotus base together with a bird and a flask.
The largest 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high, two wood stands

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The ear-cleaning groups are of particular interest as W.R.Sargeant in The Copeland Collection - Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, Salem, 1991 believes they belong to related groups of famille rose figures that depict everyday activities including pedicure, teeth-cleaning, wine drinking, smoking and music lessons and that were believed to have erotic associations.

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