• Kangxi Period (1661-1722), Dehua kilns
• H : 16cm
• Inv. GD301
A Blanc de Chine figure representing a European man on a Qilin.
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
For a similar figure, see:
– Porcelain People Figures from the Qing Dynasty, Jorge Welsh, 2021, p.80, fig.12.
– Marchant, Blanc de Chine Exhibition, 2014, p.73, Fig.45.
– L’Odyssée de la porcelaine chinoise, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2003, p.204, fig.155 (Musée Adrien Dubouché, Limoges).
– China for the West, Vol. I, David Howard, 1978, p.97, fig.61.
– British Museum, London, inv. no. Franks. 60.+.
PROVENANCE :
– Private European collection
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