Bidspirit auction | 4 Chinese Export Famille Rose

4 Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Immortals - Group of four Chinese famille rose porcelain immortal figures, Qing ca. 1800. Including Zhongli Quan, modeled wearing pink robes, holding a fan; Shou Lao, modeled wearing yellow robes; He Xiangu, modeled wearing pink robes with her hands clasped; and Lu Dongbin, modeled wearing patterned robes, holding a fly whisk. Provenance: Nuri Farhadi, Inc., New York, 18 March 1976 (one figure); The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height ranges from 8 1/2 in to 9 1/2 in; width ranges from 2 1/2 in to 3 1/4 in; depth ranges from 1 3/4 in to 2 in. Condition: To the male figure with the yellow robe, there are restorations to the figure's left hand, and there is a repaired break to the back left corner of the base. There is a possible loss to one end of the repaired element in the figure's left hand. There are a few fleabite to small-sized chips to the scalloped element along the back of the figure's head. To the male figure with the pink robe, there is a repaired break along the rounded element along the right side of the figure's head with a horizontal hairline crack, measuring approximately 1 inch, radiating from the repair; there is a complete loss to the rounded element along the left side of the figure's head. To the same figurine, there are losses along the extreme edges of the figure's hair and along the yellow element in the figure's left hand; there are additional small losses to the tips of the fingers. To the female figurine with a multicolored robe, there is a small loss along the lower right side of the figure's hair and along the back of the figure's head. To the male figure in the rhombus pattern robe, there is a minute chip along the figure's index finger. To the figurines, there are scattered losses to the glaze. Light crazing to the glaze. There are linear and rounded firing flaws. There are fleabite to small-sized chips along the undersides.