CHINE DYNASTIE QING, PÉRIODE KANGXI (1661 - 1722)

Figure of a servant in cookie decorated with green family enamels, represented standing, right hand on the hip, left hand holding a gilded bronze palanquin decorated with porcelain flowers and supporting two small painted glass lanterns. He is dressed in a tunic decorated with lotus on a black background and yellow pants with flowers, his feet are shod with high black boots. The round face with a laughing expression, the lively eyes surmounted by eyebrows treated in small swirls, the hair tied in two small buns pointing at the sides of the head. With a gilded bronze mount at the base and later transformed into a lamp. H. tot. 33 cm A pair of similar figures sold by Christie's, sale "Noble & Private Collections Part I" April 25, 2017, London, lot 126. CONDITION REPORT Small accident to the left hand, mounted as a lamp (two holes on the left shoulder), bronze mount to the foot, traces of wax, a thumb is broken, accidents to the porcelain flowers, a chip to the thongue