A FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANT

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A FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANT
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Looking sharply to the right perched astride green and blue-glazed rockwork on short iron-red legs with the left raised, with a lavender body shading to pink on the breast, the multi-coloured wings folded over the back extending to the curved long tail feathers, the neck feathers yellow and grisaille, the head iron-red with blue comb and yellow sharp beak, beak and comb restored, some enamels at breast retouched
12½in. (31.5cm.) high

Provenance

John Sparks Ltd.

Lot Essay

Cf. the similar pheasant illustrated by A. du Boulay, op.cit., p.300, no.3. A pair of pheasants, similarly modelled, were sold in these Rooms, 2 November 1992, lot 180; and another pair sold in our New York Rooms, 23 and 24 September 1988, lot 479

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