A large pair of North-Italian polychrome-painted papier-machê decorated Magots, a mandarin official and his consort, with tilting heads with lead weights.
A large pair of North-Italian polychrome-painted papier-machê decorated Magots, a mandarin official and his consort, with tilting heads with lead weights.
Date Piedmont, 1800 c.
Period 1750-1850
Medium Japanned, Lacca, Polychrome-painted, Papier-Maché
Dimension 83 x 28.5 x 23 cm (32⁵/₈ x 11¹/₄ x 9 inches)
A large pair of North-Italian polychrome-painted papier-machê decorated figures, known as Magots, of a mandarin official and his consort, with tilting heads with lead weights.
Each figure with a detachable weighted head, wearing long multi-layered robes with floral decorations and hands raised to their chest, standing on a rectangular base. Chinese nodding figures are rare.
Date: Piedmont, 1800 c.
Period: 1750-1850
Medium: Japanned, Lacca, Polychrome-painted, Papier-Maché
Dimension: 83 x 28.5 x 23 cm (32⁵/₈ x 11¹/₄ x 9 inches)
Literature: E. Quaglino, Il Mobile Piemontese, De Agostini- Göerlich, 1997, p. 148.
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Decorative Arts, from Antiquities to XIX Century, focusing in particular on Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Textiles, Glass, Ceramics and Bronzes.
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