A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF DOVES

18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHINESE YELLOW CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURES OF DOVES
18TH 19TH CENTURY
Each standing facing forward, with pale yellow bodies and multicolored wing and tail feathers
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

J.N. Hart, Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 20 January 1965, lot 324.

Lot Essay

For a similar cloisonné enamel bird indentified as a dove, see the incense burner illustrated by C. Brown, Chinese Cloisonné: The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, pl. 61. Although the Clague figure is an incense burner and the head is turned, the body is also yellow and the shape of the head, beak and body are similar.

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