CIRCA 1755

細節

A PAIR OF BOW DUCK TUREENS AND COVERS
Circa 1755
Naturalistically modelled and painted, the green-headed drake with purple plumage and green markings; his brown-headed mate to a lesser degree similarly marked
4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) long (2)

來源

With D.M. & P. Manheim, New York

拍品專文

The present models are based on George Edwards Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. III, pl. 157 where they are described as 'Little Brown and White Ducks'. Another pair, similarly coloured, are in the collection of Temple Newsam House, Leeds. See Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain, The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman, London, 1982, fig. 264.; see also Yvonne Hackenbrock, Chelsea and Other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection, London, 1957; and the pair sold Christie's, New York, 21 May 1997, lot 1