A PAIR OF BISCUIT-GLAZED HEN EWERS AND COVERS

KANGXI PERIOD

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A PAIR OF BISCUIT-GLAZED HEN EWERS AND COVERS
Kangxi Period
Each bird seated with her legs tucked under her and small green chicks at her side, a splash-glazed chick on her back perched on a lotus leaf serving as the cover, the hen's colourful tail feathers extending as a handle
6.1/8in. (15.5cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

This model, one of the earlier known in animal-form tureens, was found in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated by R.L. Hobson, Catalogue, vol. V, pl. XXXIV, the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by Howard and Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, no. 602, the collection of H.R.H., the Duke of Gloucester, sold Christie's, London, 20 May 1954, lot 14, and the J. Ivan Yates Collection, sold Christie's, London, 1 July 1978, lot 44.

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