The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1276

FIVE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1638

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Description

FIVE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES
17TH/18TH CENTURY

Two depicting attendants each holding a cup before their chest; another two modelled as Guanyin, and the last one a man with long robes and a small dog beside him; together with a rectangular water dropper with a figure beating a drum, and a box and cover shaped as Budai He Shang, 10.2cm max. (8)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. PJ Donnelly Blanc de Chine pl.105, A for a similar example.