A Very Rare/Fine Korean Pair of Boy/Girl Carved Wood/Polychromed Statues-19^th C.:

Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19^th century.

The Buddhist young boy (동자 童子 (菩萨的别称)-僧童)  with holding a medicine bottle (Kundika) 

and the Buddhist young girl (동녀童女 (菩萨的别称)-僧童) with coiled long ribband hair polling down holding 

a large peach with the both hands,  being presenting their calms and naive smiles, painted with white, black, 

blue, red, and dark yellow. Condition: The girl’s right-side crack due to age, otherwise they’re very 

fine condition but some polychrome enamels lost. it measures 41 cm h. and 38 cm h. (16.1” and 15”)

***Please compare with a pair of white glazed figures.

***Provenance: The Collection of a Former Australian Ambassador.