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Figure group
Figure group, hard-paste porcelain with a thick creamy glaze, in the form of a large Chinese pagoda built around an outcrop of rock, staircases wind around two sides of the outcrop and there are balconies and pavillions on two levels, placed around the building are five Chinese figures: a figure holding a basket of fruit at the base, a figure playing a mandolin on one staircase, a figure holding a jug on the other, a female figure holding a bunch of flowers on the lower balcony and a reclining figure on the upper balcony, in addition there is a figure of a seated dog, the base moulded with rocks, large flower heads and scrolls; left in the white and glazed.
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