Pair Chinese Polychrome Porcelain Ho-Ho Boys
Late Ming, Circa 1650; standing jovial figures with made up white faces and polychrome robe and trousers, 9 in. H. From the Estate of Jkvr. Christine Jacoba Tjarda van Starkenborgh (1924-2000), daughter of Jhr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh (1888-1979) of the Province of Gronegin, Netherlands, last Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) prior to WW II; daughter of Christine Marburg (1891-1989) of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Condition Report: Lacking hands(they were made separate), lacking hair ornament/hat, each figure with damaged area on base, glaze chips, one figure with head reattached to body otherwise good condition
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Late Ming, Circa 1650; standing jovial figures with made up white faces and polychrome robe and trousers, 9 in. H. From the Estate of Jkvr. Christine Jacoba Tjarda van Starkenborgh (1924-2000), daughter of Jhr. A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh (1888-1979) of the Province of Gronegin, Netherlands, last Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) prior to WW II; daughter of Christine Marburg (1891-1989) of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Condition Report: Lacking hands(they were made separate), lacking hair ornament/hat, each figure with damaged area on base, glaze chips, one figure with head reattached to body otherwise good condition
