The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1277

THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £4410

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Description

THREE CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE FIGURES
17TH CENTURY AND LATER

One modelled as Wenchang, the God of Literature, another of a luohan wearing a lotus leaf cap, the third a later model of two figures at a table, the lady playing a yuan, 17cm max. (3)

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.102, C for a similar example.