Chinese famille rose 'ear-cleaning' figure group, Qianlong (1736-95)
Chinese famille rose 'ear-cleaning' figure group, Qianlong (1736-95)
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Description
Chinese famille rose 'ear-cleaning' figure group, Qianlong (1736-95), of a lady with one knee raised revealing a bound foot examining the ear of a man seated on a rockwork base, the lady with her hair in a high knot and wearing a striped robe underneath a long blue tunic with flowerheads; the seated man wearing a yellow tunic and blue jacket with large crane roundels
Height: 19.7cm. (7 3/4in.)
Condition: Restored
Notes:
This figure group belongs to a series of 'erotic' figures which depict men carrying out intimate everyday activities with younger women, such as ear-cleaning and wine drinking, which W.H. Sargent suggests are preliminary to sexual advances. A wine drinking group from his series is illustrated in David S. Howard, 'The Choice of the Private Trader', p. 257, pl. 306. A rare group of 'erotic' figures from the Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection was sold at Christie's in 2002.
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| Material and Technique | Ceramic with overglaze polychrome enamel decoration |
| Origin | Chinese |
| Period | 18th Century |
| Dimensions | Height: 19.7cm. (7 3/4in.) |
Product REF: Y629
