Page 35 - Chinese Export Art Christie's New York, Jan 21, 2016
P. 35

THE SOWELL COLLECTION

52

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ROOSTERS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Modeled in mirror image, standing on
pierced rockwork bases, the heads turned,
the plumage picked out in bright enamel
colors

7º in. (18.5 cm.) high                     (2)

$20,000-30,000

LITERATURE:

op. cit., pp. 229, no. 16.5

                                                                    52

                                                                53  53
                                                                    A MONKEY GROUP
54                                                                  18TH CENTURY
AN INCISED BISCUIT RABBIT                                           The monkey carrying her young on her shoulders, on a base with a
18TH CENTURY                                                        peach sprig
Its grey beige fur finely incised, the eyes detailed in black        10 Ω in. (27 cm.) high
                                                                    $12,000-18,000
9 in. (23 cm.) long
                                                                    PROVENANCE:
$10,000-15,000
                                                                    Phillips, London, June 2001.
PROVENANCE:                                                         Christie’s, London, April 1997.

The Collection of Rafi & Mildred Mottahedeh; Sotheby’s, New          LITERATURE:
York, 19 October 2000, lot 381.
With Luis Alegria.                                                  op. cit., pp. 200, no. 14.4

LITERATURE:                                                                                                                                54

op. cit, pp. 146-147, no. 9.3                                                                                                                                                 33
   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40