Pair of seated figures with globes, ca. 1735, French, Chantilly, Soft-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over tin glaze; gilt bronze, Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Asian countries were a source of considerable fascination and allure to Europeans. Asian figures were frequently chosen as subjects to decorate ceramics and other works of art produced in Europe, but these depictions were rarely based on firsthand knowledge and thus were usually fanciful
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Pair, seated figures, globes, ca, 1735, French, Chantilly, Soft-paste porcelain painted, colored enamels, tin glaze, gilt bronze, Height, 6 1/2, 16.5 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries, Asian countries, source, considerable fascination, allure, Europeans, frequently chosen, subjects, decorate ceramics, works, art produced, Europe, depictions, rarely based, firsthand knowledge, thus, usually fanciful
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