Lot 820
820
A PAIR OF KAKIEMON COCKERELS, standing on rock work bases displaying their plumage, the details moulded and decorated in iron-red, blue, black, green and yellow enamels, the irregularly shaped bases in a washed iron-oxide (slight restorations to both), late 17th century

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A PAIR OF KAKIEMON COCKERELS, standing on rock work bases displaying their plumage, the details moulded and decorated in iron-red, blue, black, green and yellow enamels, the irregularly shaped bases in a washed iron-oxide (slight restorations to both), late 17th century
23cm. and 24.5cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

A similar pair was sold in these Rooms, 17 June 1991, lot 279
Another piece is illustrated in colour in The Burghley Porcelains (Japan Society, New York 1986), no.90
See also, Porcelain for Palaces (Oriental Ceramic Society, London 1990), no. 169

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