A FINE PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE CHICKEN EWERS AND COVERS

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, THE MOUNTS LOUIS XV WITH C. COURONNÉ POINÇON (1745-49)

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A FINE PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE CHICKEN EWERS AND COVERS
the porcelain kangxi, the mounts Louis XV with C. couronné poinçon (1745-49)
Each modelled and incised with naturalistic details, seated with a chick at either side, the head forming the spout on one side, the tail feathers terminating in a loop handle on the other, the lotus-leaf-shaped cover with a chick, glazed in bright yellow, aubergine and green on the biscuit, the covers with some restoration, one hen with extremity restored
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide (2)

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Similar 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 Wanniek Family Collection in Paris, Catalogue, no.105. See also a pair of ewers, previously in the Collection of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, K.G., sold in these Rooms, 20 May 1954, lot 14; another pair, previously in the J. Ivan Yates Collection, sold in these Rooms, 1 July 1978, lot 44; and the ormolu-mounted pair sold in these Rooms, 13 May 1996, lot 128.