A PAIR OF REGENCY NODDING FIGURES, English, circa 1815
Height: 29 ¼ in; 74.5 cm
Width: 12 in; 30.5 cm
Depth: 10 in; 25.5 cm
Width: 12 in; 30.5 cm
Depth: 10 in; 25.5 cm
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£100,000 +
A pair of Regency polychrome decorated figures of a mandarin and his consort, mounted with lamps. Note: The figures retain the original painted decoration. The glass shades are replacements. Chinese...
A pair of Regency polychrome decorated figures of a mandarin and his consort, mounted with lamps.
Note: The figures retain the original painted decoration. The glass shades are replacements.
Chinese nodding figures with mounted lamps are rare. David Styles had a virtually identical pair of figures in his celebrated collection at Wateringbury Place, Kent, England, which was dispersed in 1978.
Provenance
Mrs. Dolly Mann, London, England;
Private collection, Sussex, England.
Literature
Illustrated:
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London 2019, pp. 102-106.
