Pair of Chinese export Nanking cargo blue and white porcelain figures of laughing boys, Qianlong ca. 1750. Each modeled seated with their hairs tied in two…

Pair of Chinese export Nanking cargo blue and white porcelain figures of laughing boys, Qianlong ca. 1750. Each modeled seated with their hairs tied in two knots. One missing a leg. Wearing tunics and naked from the waist down. Provenance: Christie's, Amsterdam, "The Nanking Cargo - Chinese Export Porcelain and Gold," April 28, 1986, Lot 5755, 5760A; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Lot Essay: From the wreck of the Geldermalsen, a Dutch East India Company merchant ship trav

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Asian art

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St. Paul