A RARE CHINESE UNGLAZED FIGURAL GROUP OF THE TYROLEAN DANCERS

A RARE CHINESE UNGLAZED FIGURAL GROUP OF THE TYROLEAN DANCERS
MID 18TH CENTURY

After the Meissen original by Eberlein, modelled as two figures with their arms linked, the woman dressed in a long flowing skirt, from the Geldermalsen wreck; together with a saucer from the Nanking Cargo decorated with overlapping petals radiating from the centre, with a paper label for Christie's, lot 5177, 14cm and 14.4cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.

Cf. Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Chinese Export Porcelain, p.56, no.36 for a figural group of this design; see also Minneapolis Institute of Art, access. no. 2005.159.6, for another example.