Specifications

• Height: 17 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: seated, right leg raised
• Gender: male, female
• Indigenous name: karuhai, keruhei

Provenance

Former collection, The Hague, 1960s, early 1870s.

Publications

Additional information

The female(?) figure to the left has Chinese features and is almost a portrait, she holds a fan before her breast in the right hand. The right figure is comparably dressed and is rendered in the same position as the female. Both are fully dressed with a diamond shaped buckle before the abdomen. Exceptional in quality.

Photo credits

Antoine de Lassacquére and Nicole Meurkens, Arnhem