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A FAMILLE VERTE MODEL OF A TIGER
Kangxi
Modelled seated on a rectangular platform, the head
slightly raised with bulging eyes, the jaws open to
reveal menacing teeth, its tail curled alongside the
rear haunches, with black fur markings.
25cm (9 7/8in) high
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$180,000 - 240,000
CNY150,000 - 190,000
清康熙 五彩伏虎坐像
Compare a related figure of a hound, painted in
famille verte enamels on biscuit, modelled in a
similar posture and standing on a similar plinth, from
the Collection of Robert Lee and Melanie Gill, New
York, illustrated in The Chinese Porcelain Company,
Catalogue, New York, October 2002, p.34.

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