DIMENSIONS

Width: 6 ¼ inches

 

PROVENANCE

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1999

 

CATALOGUE NOTES

Chinese glazed biscuit porcelain figure of the HeHe ErXian Twins, Chinese Immortals of Harmony and Mirth. They are posed seated upon a ridged octagonal base with arms around each other's shoulders in a  gesture of fellowship. The twins are dressed in white and aubergine robes with floral sprigs and medallions. One holds a round lobed box; the other, a flower. Their faces are well modeled and display pleasant laughing expressions. The decoration is finely painted in bright enamels. The underfoot is left in biscuit.