Lot Essay
Sold in these Rooms 11 December 1924, lot 64.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GROUP OF THREE ARITA MODELS OF A COCKEREL, HENS AND STANDS
Details
A GROUP OF THREE ARITA MODELS OF A COCKEREL, HENS AND STANDS
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Seated and displaying their plumage decorated in iron-red, black, aubergine and yellow enamels and gilt, the stands similarly decorated on underglaze blue, each in a form of a tree trunk with moulded pine and plum flowers, (the cockerel with restored beak and comb, stands with some small damages)
Cockerel, 19cm., hens approx. 13cm., stands approx. 9cm. (6)
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Seated and displaying their plumage decorated in iron-red, black, aubergine and yellow enamels and gilt, the stands similarly decorated on underglaze blue, each in a form of a tree trunk with moulded pine and plum flowers, (the cockerel with restored beak and comb, stands with some small damages)
Cockerel, 19cm., hens approx. 13cm., stands approx. 9cm. (6)
Provenance
Dr. Sidney Martin F.R.S.