A pair of ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of two boys on tigers. First half 18th century - image-1

Lot 150 Dα

A pair of ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of two boys on tigers. First half 18th century

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €
Result: 30.000 € (incl. premium)

A pair of ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine figures of two boys on tigers. First half 18th century

Each boy seated on a tiger, one with right arm raised, completely covered in a bluish white glaze. Matching ormolu mount, sand cast, in the shape of a rock, with base closed. The mount attributed to Paris, second quarter 18th century.
H 24 cm.

Provenance

Formerly private collection, Belgium

Literature

Compare a similar gold bronze base in: Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen, ill. 282 and 386