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Mennecy Polychrome Seated Pagod or Magot
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1748
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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An early and extremely rare Mennecy (DUC DE VILLEROY) polychrome seated pagod or magot with finely painted features, including his moustache and topknot, wearing a yellow robe with iron red decoration, the back of which is painted with an underglaze blue and green flower decoration, embellished with overglaze yellow and orange flowers. A yellow double gourd bottle is over his shoulder. He sits on a wavy green base.
Marked with incised D.V.
9.5cm High
6.5cm Dia (Base)
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Condition
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Small fills to the bottle and sleeve.
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Literature
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Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé , Christine Lahaussois, Porcelaine Française du XV111 siècle Histoire, Motifs & Marques. P.74, no.1, (Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique), for the same model, unmarked?
Nicole Duchon, Tendre porcelain de Mennecy Villeroy, for similar models, pp.55-6p. nos. 53 & 55.
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