A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF COURT LADIES
QIANLONG 1736-95
Each depicted standing wearing long robes painted with floral designs in enamels and gilt, with blue ribbons tied at their waists, their cheerful faces framed by their elongated earlobes, each with a flower in her tied-up hair, 42cm. (2)
Cf. D S Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection, p.258, no.307 for a similar pair of porcelain ladies; see also Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition 2002, pp.58-9, no.63 for another related pair.