![Two Chinese Carved Gilt and Painted Wood Figures of Laughing Twins, Hehe Erxian, Ming Dynasty: Comprising a figure holding lotus, 18.1/4 in. (46.4 cm.) high, 7.1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) wide; a figure puting palms together, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 7.3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) wide.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646329_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
Ming Dynasty Figurines & Miniatures
![Two Chinese Carved Gilt and Painted Wood Figures of Laughing Twins, Hehe Erxian, Ming Dynasty: Comprising a figure holding lotus, 18.1/4 in. (46.4 cm.) high, 7.1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) wide; a figure puting palms together, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 7.3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) wide.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646329_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
![A MOTTLED GRAY AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE, MING DYNASTY: A MOTTLED GRAY AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE, MING DYNASTY China, 1368-1644. Well sculpted as a recumbent horse with the legs tucked in. The head is turned backwards with the mane falling on eithe](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2748/331488/178781070_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716989988)
![A Pair of Chinese Painted Pottery Figures of Instrument Players, Ming Dynasty: 15.1/4 in. (38.8 cm.) high, 4.5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) wide each.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646233_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
![Painted pottery figurines from before the Ming Dynasty Two pieces: H:43cm W:16.5cm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7967/333889/180414433_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718794171)
![Pure gold figurine gold plate before Ming Dynasty: H:8cm W:3.5cm Wt:1.4g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7967/333889/180414109_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718794171)
![Before Ming Dynasty Civil servant jade figurine ornaments: H:41.5cm W:12.5cm Wt:4980g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7967/333889/180414240_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718794171)
![Before the Ming Dynasty, the jade figurine of Hotan: H:7.5cm,W:5cm,Weight:141.5g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8160/333949/180443557_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718899206)
![Before the Ming Dynasty, jade figurines: H:11cm,W:5cm,Weight:173g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8160/333949/180443236_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718899206)
![Before the Ming Dynasty, jade figurines: H:4.5cm,W:15cm,Weight:14.5g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8160/333949/180443205_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718899206)
![Bronze figurines before the Ming Dynasty: Height: 47cm, width: 15cm, weight: 9029g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8030/333749/180309999_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718853182)
News about Ming Dynasty Figurines & Miniatures
![Ming dynasty cloisonne vessel among highlights at May 19 Asian art auction](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-12.16.03-PM-1.png)
Ming dynasty cloisonne vessel among highlights at May 19 Asian art auction
LONDON – The sale of Asian Art at Chiswick Auctions on May 19 is led by a rare example of Ming dynasty cloisonne. The 15th- or 16th-century bronze and enamel ritual water vessel, or kundika, comes from a private collection in France with provenance to Robert Rousset (1901-1982), an employee of the Compagnie de la Chine et […]
![Ming Dynasty peony dish could reach $500K at Heritage, Sept. 20-21](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/featured.jpg)
Ming Dynasty peony dish could reach $500K at Heritage, Sept. 20-21
DALLAS – A masterwork of Ming dynasty porcelain will serve as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’s Sept. 20-21 Asian Art Signature® Auction. The peony-patterned Chinese vessel is exquisitely glazed with copper, and was collected by Dr. Cornelius Osgood, the curator of Yale’s Peabody Museum, and his wife, Mrs. Soo Sui-ling Osgood. The dish is […]
![Ming Dynasty Banknote Found in Sculpture, Record Price for Nike Sneakers, and More Fresh News](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/head_note.jpg)
Ming Dynasty Banknote Found in Sculpture, Record Price for Nike Sneakers, and More Fresh News
News and updates from around the arts and auction community: Specialists at Mossgreen Auctions in Australia were shocked to discover a rare Ming Dynasty banknote hidden inside a 13th-century Chinese sculpture. The bonus item should pay a tidy dividend to the seller when it’s auctioned on Dec. 11. [Read more from Antiques Trade Gazette] […]
![Ming dynasty box holds good fortune for I.M. Chait sale Sept. 21](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014_0916_imchait169_lead.jpg)
Ming dynasty box holds good fortune for I.M. Chait sale Sept. 21
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – I.M. Chait Gallery’s auction on Sunday, Sept. 21, will feature important Chinese Yuan and Ming dynasty blue and white porcelains from an East Coast collection together with Song and Yuan dynasty ceramics from a Los Angeles estate. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. The auction will begin at 1 p.m. Pacific […]