Lot 186
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A RARE ENAMELLED EWER AND COVER MODELLED AS A DUCK
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A RARE ENAMELLED EWER AND COVER MODELLED AS A DUCK

QIANLONG (1736-95)

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A RARE ENAMELLED EWER AND COVER MODELLED AS A DUCK
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Modelled with a turquoise-green-glazed loop handle with black dots to simulate a lotus stalk, the bird's head with open beak forming the spout, the wing feathers lightly moulded and the body decorated in turquoise, blue, iron-red, yellow and green enamels with realistic feather markings, the flat cover modelled with an iron-red lotus flower finial, beak and handle with some restoration, cover possibly a later replacement
9 in. (23 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

The mandarin duck is a symbol of marital fidelity and has been used extensively in both two- and three-dimensional art in China for the domestic and export markets. A pair of similar ewers in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, are illustrated by W. R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Salem, 1991, pp. 182-3, no. 87. A single ewer and cover is in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, exhibited Chinese Export Porcelain, Hong Kong, 30 November 1989 - 27 February 1990, pp. 92-3, no. 24. Another was sold in these Rooms, 19 June 2001, lot 407.

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