Bidspirit auction | Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Fuxing

Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Fuxing Figure - Chinese famille rose porcelain figure depicting Fuxing, deity of happiness and good fortune, holding a small child, 20th century. The figure's robe decorated with elaborate foliate motifs on teal ground. With a four-character impressed seal mark along the underside. Provenance: Nuri Farhadi, Inc., New York, 5 May 1979; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 25 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 7 in. Condition: There is a repaired break along the nape of the man's neck, corresponding to large areas of over-painting that fluoresce under UV light and large areas of fill and adhesive visible along the interior. There is a similar repaired break and signs of restoration that fluoresce under UV light along the neck of the child and the right side of the child's head. There is a vertical hairline crack extending from the man's right foot to the shin region. Crazing to the glaze throughout. Light wear to the footrim.