Lot Essay
Two similar models in the Copeland Collection with naturalistic enamelled fur markings illustrated by W. Sargent, op.cit., nos. 115 and 116, pp.234-5; and du Boulay, op.cit., p.267, no.8 for a pair of famille rose hares. A similarly modelled rabbit from the Ionides Collection was sold in London, 14 July 1964, lot 432