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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE FIGURES OF PHOENIXES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each phoenix is elaborately modelled perched upon a pierced rocky base with one claw raised, head
held high and beak open to reveal its tongue. Its feathers are exquisitely applied and detailed, intricately
overlapping and cascading down the neck, back and tail, painted in vibrant tones of orange, green, purple,
blue and yellow.
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high (2)
£40,000-60,000 US$50,000-74,000
€46,000-68,000
Compare a very similar pair of Famille Rose models of Phoenixes, in the same palette of enamels,
illustrated in Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, Edgar Gorer & J.F. Blacker, London, 1911, pl. 97. Of
particular note, are the details of the birds tails, which are virtual identical to the tails of the Phoenixes in
the current lot.
Two other very similar single examples, from the collection or M. v. Wassermann and also dating to the
Qianlong period, were exhibited in the Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin 1929, p.383, entries 1052
and 1053

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