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Figure of a Chinaman
Figure of a Chinese man
Figure of a Chinaman
French
about 1735
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 10.5 x 12.5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.961
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionA seated figure wears a blue-lined white robe sprigged with patterned medallions, scrolls and flowers in the Kakiemon palette and tied with a light-brown rope.HIs right hand is raised while his left hand rests on his left knee.
ProvenanceNovember 9, 1987, anonymous sale, Sotheby & Co., Geneva, lot 16 [see note 1], to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] Sold as St. Cloud figure.
NOTES:
[1] Sold as St. Cloud figure.