Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 23 June 1986, lot 1054
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KANGXI PERIOD
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A BISCUIT-GLAZED MODEL OF A DUTCH SHIP
Kangxi period
With small black-hatted figures on deck, working with ropes or at the small foremast, the stern with five projecting cannons below a high covered poop deck with small figures appearing in arched windows, the tall, tapering main mast with three square-rigged yellow sails, the rigging string, the aubergine sides modelled with a monster mask at the prow
9in. (24.2cm.) long
Kangxi period
With small black-hatted figures on deck, working with ropes or at the small foremast, the stern with five projecting cannons below a high covered poop deck with small figures appearing in arched windows, the tall, tapering main mast with three square-rigged yellow sails, the rigging string, the aubergine sides modelled with a monster mask at the prow
9in. (24.2cm.) long