A CHINESE WUCAI 'HEHE ERXIAN' FIGURE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period

清康熙 五彩和合二仙童子像

The child modelled standing atop a square-section base draped with a covering whilst clutching a large lotus flower over their rotund belly

33cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in the collection of Dr. Arthur Kauffmann (1887-1983), a German-British art dealer who worked for (and later owned) the Frankfurt branch of the auctioneers Hugo Helbing, and later was an art dealer in London. Kauffmann was a member of the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Oriental Ceramic Society;

Formerly in the collection of Professor C. M. Kauffmann (1931-2023), Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and subsequently Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art;

Thence by descent.

來源：

德裔英國藝術品經銷商亞瑟·考夫曼博士（1887-1983）舊藏。考夫曼曾任職於法蘭克福拍賣行Hugo Helbing，後來在倫敦成為藝術品經銷商。考夫曼為英國古董經銷商協會及東方陶瓷學會成員；

C. M 考夫曼教授（1931-2023）收藏。考夫曼教授曾任倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館版畫、繪畫與繪圖部門館長，後來成為考陶德藝術學院院長；

其後家族傳承。

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