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THE SOWELL COLLECTION
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A LARGE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE
PHEASANTS
18TH CENTURY, ON LATER ORMOLU
BASES
Each standing on a pierced rock, brightly enameled with orange
crest and polychrome plumage, resting on ormolu scrollwork base
12º in. (31 cm.) high (2)
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
Beaussant Lefebre, Paris.
Sotheby’s Monaco, June 1988.
LITERATURE:
op. cit, pp. 240, 16.14
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE COURT LADY CANDLEHOLDERS
CIRCA 1780
Each modeled in mirror image of the other and holding a lotus
blossom form candle-nozzle, the robes decorated with vivid famille
rose enamels
8º in. (21 cm.) high (2)
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
With Peter Kemp, London.
LITERATURE:
op. cit., pp. 104, no. 5.5
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