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A SMALL PAIR OF EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE
COCKERELS

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The cockerels are modeled in mirror

image perched on blue and green-splashed

rockwork, their breasts in iron-red and their

combs and wattles in pink shading to ruby,

while their plumage is colorfully enameled

and highlighted in gilt.

6 in. (15.5 cm.) high (2)

$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. 227.

清乾隆 外銷粉彩錦雞一對

636 637
AN EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE FIGURAL
637 GROUP OF AN IMMORTAL WITH AN
ATTENDANT AND DEER
32 QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The immortal is modeled standing and
holding a peach and a basket. He is attended
by a spotted deer and a boy holding a
double-gourd on his back.
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) high

$7,000-10,000

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. 71.

清乾隆 外銷粉彩壽老童子擺件