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Description: | Dehua blanc de Chine porcelain boat with seven fairies. Of the seven 'fairies', three are standing and the rest kneeling or sitting down in a boat made from a hollowed-out gnarled tree trunk. The boat has stylised waves surrounding the hull. All seven women have their hair swept up and coiled on top of the head; six have a flower on their forehead and the seventh has a flower at her right ear. They are similarly dressed in long flowing robes and wear globular earrings. Every face bears a similar serene expression. Each woman is holding a different object. The figure has a hollow base and is covered inside and out with a milk-white glaze. The hands of two of the fairies have been broken and repaired. | Subjects: | sculpture in the round sculpture statuette | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=319... | Go to resource |
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