Lot Essay
Sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 22 June 1987, lot 1473
.jpg?w=1)
QIANLONG PERIOD
Details
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE HAWK
Qianlong period
The raptor standing on mottled rockwork with one yellow talon raised, his head cocked in alert expression, his beady eyes with black pupils encircled by gilding, his breast a deep coral red and his plumage sepia with markings pencilled in dark brown, the longer plumes with gilded quills and the feathers on the bays in grisaille and gilt
14.5/8in. (37cm.) high
Qianlong period
The raptor standing on mottled rockwork with one yellow talon raised, his head cocked in alert expression, his beady eyes with black pupils encircled by gilding, his breast a deep coral red and his plumage sepia with markings pencilled in dark brown, the longer plumes with gilded quills and the feathers on the bays in grisaille and gilt
14.5/8in. (37cm.) high