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Figure (Hehe erxian boy)
1670-1690
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.087.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.087.002
Object Name
Figure (Hehe erxian boy)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1670-1690
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "PR. STATUETTES- 13 1/4" HT/ CHINESE EXP. FAMILLE/ VERTE- HOHO BOYS/ HOLDING VASES- SMALL BOY/ AT SIDE LOTUS BASES/ KANGXI- 1668 4143" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
13.228 (H) x 4.921 (W) x 4.488 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
33.6 (H) x 12.5 (W) x 11.4 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published (.001 and .002): p. 248, fig. 293, Kangxi, c. 1680. Known as "Hehe erxian boys" symbolizing harmony. Inclusion of younger boys is unusual.Book: Butler, Michael, et al. 1990 Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection.
• Earlier version (c. 1645-65) without small boys: p. 130, no. 80, also famille verte, but with differences in details. Qing period, probably Shunzhi.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Discussion of famille vert: pp. 113-121Catalogue: 1999 Important Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Pair of "Laughing Boys" of much the same form and decoration, but without children: pp. 46-47, no. 17, Qing dynasty, Kakngxi period, 1662-1722Book: Castelluccio, Stephanie. 2013 Collecting Chinese and Japanese Porcelain in Pre-Revolutionary Paris.
• Discussion of Chinese famille verte, five-color, and wucai wares: pp. 90-93