Deux figures de dignitaires en porcelaine émaillée, Chine XIX-XXE siècle

l'un portant une grande robe rouge à décor dans des médaillons de dragons rouge, la main gauche sur le ventre, l'autre tenant un sceptre, le visage serein, coiffé d'un chapeau noir, le second, probablement du XXème siècle, la robe couleur pastel, nouée par une longue ceinture, tenant un sceptre dans les deux mains.

Red dress figure: large chip on teh base on teh right; two firing cracks on teh base; one hairline crack on teh base; large restoration on sleeve and the hand. Pink dress figure: Firing crack to the left foot; repair on the end of the belt; firing cracks and misfiring on the pink & blue enamels; chips on the sash
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