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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE COCKERELS
Kangxi
Each naturalistically moulded standing above
pierced rockwork, with iron-red and gilt combs and
wattles, and short yellow beaks between large eyes,
the feathers incised and vividly painted in purple,
yellow, and green enamels.
26.5cm (10 3/8in) high. (2).

£15,000 - 18,000
CNY140,000 - 160,000

清康熙 五彩雄雞一對

See a very similar pair of famille verte cockerels,
Kangxi, illustrated by P.Kjellberg, Objets Montes: du
Moyen Age a nos jours, Paris, 2000, pp.94-95. A
related pair of famille rose cockerels, 1740-1760, is
illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works
of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen,
vol.I, London, 2016, pp.318-319, nos.725-726.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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