A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam. Kangxi period (1662-1722) - image-1

Lot 198 Dα

A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 10:00 - Asian Art - Highlights China, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)
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A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

A blanc de Chine figure of Adam, modelled standing on a rockwork base, his right arm bent to hold his left elbow, draped in a cloth, leaving his upper body bare, the shoulder-length hair parted in the middle, downcast expression. Restored. Kangxi period (1662-1722).
Height 23.6 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland

Literature

Illustrated in: Daniel Suebsman, Kangxi, Porcelain Treasures of the Kangxi Period, Düsseldorf 2015, p. 246-247, no. 138 and compare a similar figure in: P. J. Donelly, Blanc de Chine, London 1969, p. 194 and plate 121C

Exhibitions

Kangxi. Porzellanschätze für den Kaiserhof und Europas Fürsten, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 19.7.2015 - 17.1.2016