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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT EWERS

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT EWERS
the porcelain kangxi, the ormolu 19th century
Each modelled as a recumbent chicken with two young in relief at their sides, part of the tail extended to form a serpentine handle, the feathers naturalistically incised under 'egg-and-spinach' glazes, minor rim chips
6in. (15cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Other single examples can be found in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by D. S. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.II, p.582, no.602; in the Gubbay Collection at Clandon Park, Surrey; and one formerly in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Catalogue, vol.V, pl.XXXIV, no. E183. See also B. Rackham, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections: the W. J. Holt Collection, pl.151, fig. 265; G. C. Williamson, op.cit., pl. LX; and for the example previously in the Wannieck Family Collection in Paris, Catalogue, no.105.

Cf. also a pair of unmounted chicken ewers, previously in the Collection of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, KG, sold in these Rooms, 20 May 1954, lot 14 (¨525 to Conti); and another pair, previously in the J. Ivan Yates Collection, sold in these Rooms, 1 July 1978, lot 44

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