A GESSO-PAINTED STUCCO FIGURE OF A BREASTFEEDING LADY, EARLY TO MID-QING China, 17th-18th century. The finely carved and painted figure kneeling, breastfeeding her young child held in one arm and obscured by her elaborate dress decorated with birds and auspicious symbols, a lotus shoe emerging from underneath. Her serene face with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes and pursed lips forming a calm smile, the head surmounted by a floral headdress. Provenance: E. Pranger Oriental Arts, Amsterdam. Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired from the above at PAN Amsterdam in 1999 (invoice not available). Dr. de Jong is a Dutch art historian and has been privately collecting Chinese art over decades. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative arts spanning from the Middle Ages to the modern era. In 2013, he published an extensive study of Chinese riding gear in “Dragon & Horse, Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond”. Between 1976 and 2009 he worked for numerous museums across the Netherlands and was the director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch. Condition: Good condition with old wear, particularly to pigments, minor losses, weathering, age cracks. Presenting very well and overall commensurate with age. Weight: 32.9 kg (incl. base) Dimensions: Height 75 cm (excl. base) and 80 cm (incl. base) With an associated wood base. (2) 清初至清代中期彩繪石膏哺乳夫人 中國，十七至十八世紀。雕刻精美的人物盤坐在地，一手抱著她的小孩子，裝飾花鳥富貴紋和吉祥紋飾的精美常服半遮住了他，顯然她正在給孩子哺乳。婦人面容平靜的臉龐，杏仁狀的大眼睛，抿著的嘴唇，面露微笑。她頭上戴著花卉頭飾，有著三寸金蓮。 來源：E. Pranger Oriental Arts, 荷蘭阿姆斯特丹。 Dr. Koos de Jong收藏，購於上述收藏（發票遺失）。Dr. de Jong是一位荷蘭藝術史學家， 幾十年來他一直私人收藏中國藝術品。他撰寫了數百篇文章和幾本書，內容涉及從中世紀到現代的荷蘭美術和裝飾藝術。2013年，他在《Dragon & Horse：Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond》中發表了有關中國騎馬裝備的詳盡研究。1976年至2009年間，他曾在荷蘭的許多博物館工作，並曾擔任登博世歐洲陶瓷工作中心的主任。 品相：狀況良好，有磨損，尤其是顏料損失、風化和老化裂紋。整體與年齡相稱。 重量：32.9 公斤 (含底座) 尺寸：高 75 厘米 (不含底座) ，總高80 厘米 相配木底座。(2)