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Figure of a ratcatcher; soft-paste porcelain; female figure stands on oblong base ornamented with three groups of applied flowers and wears turban-like hat with scarf tied below chin, flowered dress with pink cuffs beneath yellow coat and black shoes; on her back is square parcel painted pale brown and tied with darker brown twine held in black harness; it is surmounted by brown-coloured object on which is perched a squirrel; hanging around her neck from a pink cord is box of wares including three medicine-bottles; brown bottle suspended from harness at front; partly restored scroll in left hand, inscribed; unglazed flat base pierced by small circular hole; unmarked.
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