A CHINESE COPPER-RED AND COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STAG-FORM JARDINIERE
A CHINESE COPPER-RED AND COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STAG-FORM JARDINIERE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE COPPER-RED AND COBALT-BLUE DECORATED STAG-FORM JARDINIERE
Early 19th century
The sacred deer reclining with his head turned to one side, his spotted coat with copper-red fur markings and details picked out in underglaze blue, a cloud-shaped aperture in his back
11in. (29.2cm.) wide

Lot Essay

For a very similar example of this rare model from the Mottahedeh collection see Howard & Ayers, China for the West, p. 611