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Porcelain figures of a Jewish man and woman created c.1740 during the Qianlong period - priced in the mid six-figures from Jorge Welsh.

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The pair, decorated in overglaze famille rose enamels and gold, provide an insight into how Western prints of models were interpreted by Chinese potters and transformed into three-dimensional forms.

Only four comparable male and 10 female figures are known, with this duo priced in the mid six-figures from Jorge Welsh Works of Art in Kensington Church Street.

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