A RARE SET OF FOUR CHINESE CANTONESE PEWTER FIGURES

18TH CENTURY

Dressed as American traders, wearing Western outfits and tall hats decorated with red and gilt, two carrying a bottle vase, the others a large incense burner and cover between them, all raised on a waisted rectangular plinth, 42.2cm. (4)

Cf. C L Crossman, The Decorative Arts of The China Trade, pp.367-69, pl.125, where pewter figures of this type are discussed and illustrated.