Lot Essay
For a pair of this "graceful and elegant" model from the Copeland Collection at the Peabody Museum of Salem see W.R. Sargent, op. cit., pp 168-9
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QIANLONG PERIOD
Details
A PAIR OF BROWN AND GILT DUCKS
Qianlong period
The birds standing in mirror image on pierced rockwork bases splashed in blue and pink, each with one webbed foot raised and head held to one side, their plumage details pencilled in a grayish brown with the folded wing feathers lightly molded and picked out in darker brown and gilt, one with greenish beak and feet and the other yellowish, both with eyes delineated in bright green and black
11½in. (29.2cm.) high (2)
Qianlong period
The birds standing in mirror image on pierced rockwork bases splashed in blue and pink, each with one webbed foot raised and head held to one side, their plumage details pencilled in a grayish brown with the folded wing feathers lightly molded and picked out in darker brown and gilt, one with greenish beak and feet and the other yellowish, both with eyes delineated in bright green and black
11½in. (29.2cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 May 1968, lot 207
A private South American collection
A private South American collection