Very Rare Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Figure of a Jewish Lady

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Oct 29, 2024

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An impressive lifetime collection with over 400 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain including 50 armorials, a rare figure of a Jewish Lady with Christie’s provenance, 100+ blue & white pieces including Kangxi, Qianlong, Kraak, & Ming transitional pieces, purchased from reputable dealers in the UK & US; period furniture from North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, & New England; over 40 tea caddies; Fine Art including 18th & 19th century British portraits; silver flatware; Tiffany kettle on stand; Oriental rugs Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com

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• Lot Description

  circa 1740, molded and decorated in brightly colored enamels, arms lowered at both sides, red painted lips, winged bonnet on head, pleated ruff at neck, flowing blue cape over red dress, 17 x 8 x 4-1/2 in.

  Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, November 18, 1997, Lot 165 for $4,162; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

  Note: Similar example illustrated in David Howard & John Ayers, China for the West, Volume II, p. 612, fig. 641. 

  Note: A Jewish man and lady sold at Sotheby's New York, A Collecting Legacy: Property from the Collection of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller, January 18, 2019, Lot 321 for $300,000

  Jewish lady figures are in the collection of The British Museum, London, accession number 1963,0422.11; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession number C.94-1963; and the Winterthur Museum, Delaware, accession number 2000.0061.091

  Originally considered "Dutch lady" or "Lady Duff" in auction catalogs and literature, the attribution has since been changed by Chinese Export Porcelain scholar Ron Fuchs II. After discovering two European prints, Franckfurther Jud und Judin and Ein Polnischer Jud, Ron Fuchs II determined this figure to be a Jewish woman in early Ashkenazi dress. Please see attached document. 

• Provenance

  Christie's Amsterdam, November 18, 1997, Lot 165 for $4,162; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

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• Condition
  anomalies, pinholes, and glaze voids, crackling and loss to enamel, notably at face, some discoloration at face, restoration and retouch at neck, left hoop of bow string at waist, proper left foot, and fold of cape at proper left side (see blacklight), head later replacement, scattered chips at high relief areas