Lot 401
401
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR AND HEDWIG WORCH
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ROOSTER-FORM EWERS

Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ROOSTER-FORM EWERS
QIANLONG

Each modeled as a plump bird standing on yellow and brown feet, the opening of the vessel issuing from the center of its back opposite a loop handle emerging from its bushy tail feathers, its plumage picked out in attractive pastel shades of pink, blue, yellow and green, the details drawn in black, with spotted pink comb and wattle dividing a yellow beak, the underside and handle glazed pink, some restoration--7¼in. (18.4cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

A very similar pair of rooster-form ewers from the collection of the Hon. Mrs. Ronald Greville is illustrated by Williamson, The Book of Famille Rose, pl. LX. See, also, the single example with a cover illustrated by du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 300, no. 6

Compare, also, the pair of ewers formerly in the Morgan Collection sold in these rooms, December 2, 1993, lot 343