ANOTHER CHINESE EXPORT GROUP OF A DANCING DUTCH COUPLE circa 1765-80

the same model as the preceding, but the lady wearing a turquoise bodice and turquoise-lined iron-red skirt patterned with gilt floral sprigs, and the man wearing an iron-red coat patterned with gilt lotus sprigs over a pale green waistcoat and blue breeches, their noses touching as they dance.  Some restorations.

New York, International Asian Art Fair, 2002

His hat brim restored; her foot restored; all fingers with tiny touch-ups.
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See the note to the preceding lot.