A PAIR OF KAKIEMON COCKERELS, vividly decorated in iron-red, green, blue, yellow and black enamels, the proudly standing birds crowing (some restoration), late 17th Century

THE PROPERTY OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE THE RT. HON. ALEXANDER FRANCIS ST. VINCENT BARING, 6TH LORD ASHBURTON, KG. KCVO

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A PAIR OF KAKIEMON COCKERELS, vividly decorated in iron-red, green, blue, yellow and black enamels, the proudly standing birds crowing (some restoration), late 17th Century
28 cm. high (2)

拍品專文

An identical model is in the Burghley House Collection, Stamford, and is published by Gordon Lang, 'The Wrestling Boys', 1983. In the same collection there is also a Chinese blanc-de-chine example. For an enamelled Delft copy in the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague see C. A. Jorg, 1984, pl. 144. For further details of this model, see the Burghley Porcelains, Japan Society, New York, 1986, no. 90, and 'Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750', Oriental Ceramic Society 1990, no. 169.

A similar pair was sold in these Rooms, Lot 420, 11th November 1991