Each seated upon a throne and carrying a guei. Finely modelled and beautifully decorated in vibrant enamels.
Height: 11 ½ inches (29 cm.)
Ex: Private American Collection Prior with Mallie, Paris
Another group of these figures from the Hirsch Collection is illustrated in Chinese Porcelains and Hardstones by Gorer and Blacker, 1911, Vol. 1, pl. 84. A third group of three identified by an inscription as the “Three Pure Ones,” the Daoist trinity of Tian Zun, Sao Jun, and Lao Jun, is in the Anthony de Rothschild Collection, England (Krahl, 1996, Vol. 2, No. 207