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A PAIR OF EXPORT GOATS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Each recumbent animal has a small beard, and its coat enameled is

with black spots.

6Ω. in. (16.5 cm) long (2)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Collection of Héliot Fils, Paris (by repute).
Sotheby’s London, June 2003, lot 266.
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. 186.

清十九世紀初 外銷山羊一對

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A PAIR OF SMALL EXPORT CRANES

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The birds sit in mirror image perched on carved brown tree-trunk

bases, each with one claw raised grasping an outcropping of sacred

fungi

7Ω in. (9 cm.) high (2)

$5,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s New York, 26 January 2006, lot 159.
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. 251.

清乾隆 外銷瑞鶴一對

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