A pair of large Famille Verte “Piggyback” figures. Each figure carries a boy on its back in a piggyback position.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For a very closely related figure, see:

– Marchant, Famille Verte Exhibition, 2017, p. 18, fig. 5.

For another interpretation of this model, see:

– Copeland Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, p. 103, fig. 47.
– Musée Guimet, Paris, inv. no. G 1564.
– Christie’s, New York, The Tibor Collection, 20 January 2021, lot 115.
– Christie’s, New York, The Hodroff Collection, 21 January 2009, lot 153.
– Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr, 23 March 2021, lot 318.

PROVENANCE :

– Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong

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