Bidspirit auction | Pr Chinese Qing Wooden Female

Pr Chinese Qing Wooden Female Shrine Statuettes - Pair of Chinese carved wooden shrine statuettes, Qing dynasty. Each in the form of a woman holding a child on her hip. Decorated with polychrome lacquer and gilt. Provenance: The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) Height: 8 1/4 in x width: 3 1/4 in x depth: 2 3/4 in. Condition: There are losses throughout, particularly along the back of each figure's head, to one of the figure's right ears, and along the extreme edges and back of one figure's robe. There are possible signs of restoration to one of the figure's left ears. Small chips along extreme edges. There are narrow cracks along the underside of each of the red bases. To one of the red bases, there is a large area of flaking to the pigment; possibly a sign of restoration. Light scratches to the figures and bases. There are losses to the gilt pigment throughout, particularly along the figure's faces.