A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796) - image-1
A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796) - image-2
A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796) - image-1A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796) - image-2

Lot 1361 Dα

A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796)

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 14:00 - China - Decorative Arts, Ceramics and Porcelain
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €

A fine pair of cockerels. Qianlong period (1735-1796)

Each modelled standing on a brown-glazed tree trunk, their bodies with incised feathers covered by a pale green glaze, their heads unglazed and painted in red and brown. Restored, chips. (2)
Height 40 cm

清乾隆 白瓷公雞一對
可比:David Howard 及 John Ayers, 《China for the West》(銷往西方的中國瓷器),卷二編,倫敦1978年, 頁584, 圖 606

Literature

Compare a similar cockerel in: David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, London 1978, p. 584, plate 606