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AN EXPORT SANCAI-GLAZED CAT NIGHT LANTERN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) 623
The pierced-eye, biscuit porcelain cat sits with its tail 21
curled along its side
8æ in. (22 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and
Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures,
Reigate, 2008, p. 150.
According to the Jesuit priest Père d’Entrecolles, who studied
Chinese porcelain making in 18th-century Beijing, objects
such as these were intended to hold a small candle, serving
as a lantern to ward off mice and rats.
清康熙 外銷三彩貓形燈
623
AN EXPORT FAMILLE VERTE ANIMAL MOUNTAIN
19TH CENTURY
The mountain is formed as a craggy island rising from frothy green waves
and supports a number of mythical and natural beasts. A large qilin is seated
atop the mountain while crustaceans climb out of the waves at the back.
The ‘mountain’ probably made as the cover to a large censer, with the open
rockwork allowing the smoke to escape.
10 in. (25 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
With Cohen & Cohen, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas.
LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and
Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 203.
清十九世紀 外銷素三彩瑞獸山子
