A Rare Large Pair of Chinese Export Famille-Rose Figures of Ladies, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1750 | 清乾隆 約1750年 粉彩仕女擺件一對

Sotheby's London, 12th November 1974, lot 358

Earle D. Vandekar, Los Angeles, 16th November 1979

The current examples are remarkable for their impressive size and fine decoration. An pair of identical examples, first sold in our London rooms, 6 November 1973, lot 190, later entered the collection Ezra and Cecile Zilkha, and sold again in these rooms, 20 November 2020. A second pair, formerly in the collection of James E. Sowell, Dallas, sold Christie's New York, 26 January 2015, lot 25, later entered the collection of Mrs. Jordan Saunders, New York, and sold in these rooms, 3 February 2024, lot 1094, and illustrated in Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate 2008, p. 103, no. 5.4, where the authors note the fine decoration, large size and unusual lotus-form bases.