AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF `FAMILLE-ROSE' FIGURES OF IMMORTALS QING DYNASTY, LATE QIANLONG PERIOD

each modelled standing wearing elaborate painted robes, Shoulao holds a fan, with arms outstretched, Cao Guojiu holds a pear in his right hand, wearing officials robes, on detachable rectangular bases with liewen scroll bands in blue enamel on a yellow ground

For similar large figures dated to the Qianlong period, see a rare group of four Immortals sold in these rooms 16th June 1999, lot 993; a single figure of Zhong Liquan sold in these rooms 17th July 1981, lot 758; and the pair of Dignitaries sold in our Monaco rooms, 18th June 1988, lot 1627.