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A CLOISONNÉ FALCON R. H. Leary 'Chinese Cloisonné: The Robert and Marion Clague
19th century Collection,' Arts of Asia, vol. V, no. 1, 1975, p. 33 (As Jiaqing)
The bird exhibiting an intense expression and covered in plumage
formed of individuated feathers highlighted in hues of yellow, blue, In addition to the present lot, several other similarly rendered birds
and red to the head, tail and tips of the flared wings, supported by gilt have been published as part of the Clague Collection. See Claudia
metal talons raised atop a plinth of waisted cylindrical shape adorned Brown, Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection (Phoenix: the
in rock and flower motifs. Phoenix Art Museum, 1980), pp. 132-136 Pl. 61-2. For examples
14in (35.5cm) high from other collections, see Beatrice Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese
Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, (New York: Yale
US$20,000 - 30,000 University Press, 2011),pp. 277 and 279-280, fig. 104-105 and 110-
111. Many of the above examples share notable similarities in the
Provenance treatment of the individualized feathers of the plumage. See as well op.
the Clague collection, with label to the underside reading Clague cit. p. 125, fig. 6.39 for a pair of geese-form candlesticks from the 18th
Collection 121 century which appear to have a general posture similar to this falcon.

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