Lot 175

Old repairs to neck, right elbow, left arm and small section in lower back, abrasions and losses to paint throughout consistent with age.


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Royall Tyler (1884-1953)
Thence by descent

Probably purchased by Royall Tyler on 30 January 1912 from Joseph Brummer Curiosités, Paris (see Met Watson Library Digital Collections record number b16669009, p. 82):
"13 Vendu a Mr Thyler / une statuette chinoise 700-"

Elisina Tyler (wife of Royall Tyler) mentions in a letter to Mildred Bliss two "little Chinese ladies" as being in their new flat on 1 December 1913.