CHINESE DEHUA BLANC-DE-CHINE 'GOVERNOR DUFF' FIGURAL GROUP
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
£2,394
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清康熙 德化白瓷西洋人物像
moulded as a man known as Governor Duff seated next to his wife at either side of a table with a bowl containing food, he in a frock coat and tricon hat, similar to his son standing before him, the mother and daughter dressed in skirts and hooded cloaks, all on a pedestal with a dog and monkey
Dimensions
16.9cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; Inherited from current owner's mother, who was gifted this piece in the late 1960s to early 70s.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，愛丁堡；繼承自現任藏家之母親，其於1960年代末至70年代初獲贈此物。
Footnote
Two comparable examples were in the collection of Augustus the Strong, now in the Dresden State Art Collections, inventory no. PO 8597 and PO 3244. According to the catalogue, the term ‘Governor Duff’ group in connection with depictions of Dutch families probably goes back to the incorrect pronunciation of the name of Diederick Duiven, who served as governor in Indonesia in the early 18th century. Another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. C.108-1963.
One example sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 6 Apr 2011, lot 663; and another offered at Sotheby's Paris, 8 November 2022, lot 16.