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Pair of Japanese export porcelain figures in the form of leaping carp, Edo period, ca. 1690. Each is modeled jumping upwards with a young boy nestled along the fish's curved tail. The bases depicting splashing and swirling waves, executed in verdant green and light purple glaze. The pair would have been imported from Japan through Batavia by the Dutch East India Company. Illustrated in Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 280, fig. 339. Loan: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1975. Provenance: The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. A similar pair of carp is referenced in Ayers, Impey, & Mallet, "Porcelain for Palaces," pg. 189. (Each) height: 8 1/2 in x width: 3 1/2 in x depth: 4 3/4 in.
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