A PAIR OF RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODELS OF RAMS WITH RIDERS

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODELS OF RAMS WITH RIDERS
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN DOUBLE-SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The recumbent rams are modeled with the legs tucked under the bodies and their heads facing forward, their features naturalistically defined. Each figure is seated astride the beasts facing the opposite direction. All are on rectangular gilt bases with four bracket feet.
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

From a private English collection.

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Lot Essay

An almost identical single ram with rider was sold in these rooms, 'Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr. NC.', 16 July 2010, lot 113.

Also compare a virtually identical recumbent cloisonné enamel ram in the Palace Museum, Beijing, catalogued as a brush-stand and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum 43 Metal-bodies Enamel Ware, 2002, Hong Kong, pl. 125 p. 129.

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