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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘STANDING COCKEREL’ Cockerel-shaped teapots of this type are rare. A similar famille rose
TEAPOTS AND COVERS cockerel teapot and cover, Qianlong, is illustrated by M.Cohen and
Qianlong, circa 1740 W.Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export
Naturalistically moulded with combs and wattles, the short yellow Ceramic Figures, Surrey, 2008, p.226, no.16.2. The authors note that
beaks forming the spout and the curled tail feathers the handle, the the fashion for cock-fighting was popular in China as well as Europe,
feathers vividly painted in purple, yellow, green and blue enamels, and these items would have catered to that interest.
each cover with a small chick as the finial.
Each 18cm (7in) long. (4). A closely-related pouring vessel is illustrated by W.R.Sargent, The
Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, Salem,
£6,000 - 10,000 p.162, fig.75; and another is illustrated by G.C.Williamson, The Book
CNY53,000 - 88,000 of Famille Rose, Rutland, p.196, pl.LX.

清乾隆, 約1740年 粉彩雞形壺一對

Provenance: a distinguished European private collection

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