A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE DOVES

QIANLONG PERIOD

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE DOVES
QIANLONG PERIOD
Modelled in mirror image with their heads cocked in alert position, their beaks, feet and beady eyes picked out in pink enamel, their plumage glazed white with incised detail, all supported on green treestump bases
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

The Ralph M. Chait collection, no. 5268

Lot Essay

Compare with a pair in the Dreesman collection, sold Christie's London, 11 April 2002, lot 499, with colored plumage, and another white-glazed pair, from a private Canadian collection, sold Christie's New York, 26 January 2006, lot 43.

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