Large 17th C Dehua Blanc de Chine European figure and Lion Kangxi period Chinese

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Condition Report: Size: 27.5 x 21.5Cm. Condition. Big lion missing tail, attendant missing hands, Head of the rider reattached. Baking cracks and tension cracks. A small animal at the front feet missing.

A Shunzhi or Kangxi Blanc de Chine Porcelain grouping of a man Riding a giant Foo Lion, accompanied by an attedant and two puppys

Blanc de Chine Statues like these were made in the kilns of Dehua in Fujian province.

This is a rare example! It has some damages but still a very cool display piece!

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/important-chinese-art-n09541/lot.301.html?locale=en

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_family_riding_on_a_Buddhist_lion,_Dehua_ware,_China,_Qing_dynasty,_late_17th_to_early_18th_century_AD,_porcelain_-_John_and_Mable_Ringling_Museum_of_Art_-_Sarasota,_FL_-_DSC00680.jpg

Provenance: From the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022)

Phillip Allen was a much-loved orientalist, he was a council member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, scholarly, generous and fun. Phillip  organised an OCS viewing of the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese ivories collection, which he both catalogued and was instrumental in organising their bequest to the British Museum.

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