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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
TWO UNUSUAL GLAZED BISCUIT TABLE OBJECTS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
TWO UNUSUAL GLAZED BISCUIT TABLE OBJECTS
Kangxi period (1662-1722)
One modelled as a chicken coop in two parts, the base modelled as a hen and her chicks glazed in white and aubergine on a circular, yellow-glazed straw mat bordered in pale green-glazed, bound grasses, the cover modelled as a loosely woven basket with circular opening on top and glazed an olive color; the other also a type of coop, but in one piece, modelled as a domed basket pierced with flower-head roundels and a small doorway on one side above the solid base, with a goose sitting in the interior, covered with a yellowish glaze, the goose's head in aubergine
3 3/8 and 2 5/8in. (8.5 and 6.7cm.) diam. (2)
Kangxi period (1662-1722)
One modelled as a chicken coop in two parts, the base modelled as a hen and her chicks glazed in white and aubergine on a circular, yellow-glazed straw mat bordered in pale green-glazed, bound grasses, the cover modelled as a loosely woven basket with circular opening on top and glazed an olive color; the other also a type of coop, but in one piece, modelled as a domed basket pierced with flower-head roundels and a small doorway on one side above the solid base, with a goose sitting in the interior, covered with a yellowish glaze, the goose's head in aubergine
3 3/8 and 2 5/8in. (8.5 and 6.7cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Chicken coop: George de Menasce Collection, no. 328.
Spink & Son Ltd., George de Menasce Collection, no. 166.
Collection of Marc Haas, Christie's, New York, 21 - 22 September 1995, lot 630.
Spink & Son Ltd., George de Menasce Collection, no. 166.
Collection of Marc Haas, Christie's, New York, 21 - 22 September 1995, lot 630.