A PAIR OF ARITA MODELS OF ROOSTERS
A PAIR OF ARITA MODELS OF ROOSTERS
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JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ARITA MODELS OF ROOSTERS
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each seated on a rocky base, mouth open and gazing straight ahead, the colourful plumage rendered in bright shades of red, green and black enamels
Each 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high overall

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Pairs of roosters and hens are known in several variations. A pair in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is illustrated by J. Ayers, in Porcelain for Palaces, London, 1990, fig.177. Compare also with a cockerel illustrated by Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Hotei Publishing, 2003, fig.360; and another pair illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, figs. 1525 and 1526.

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