A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANTS

QIANLONG PERIOD

Details

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANTS
QIANLONG PERIOD
Their heads turned in alertness with beady black eyes within carefully stippled pink cheek patches, the iron-red beaks dotted in gilt and their bright yellow claws marked in sepia, folded wings and long tailfeathers enamelled in a bright array of famille rose colors, the back of the heads picked out in yellow and iron-red markings with the breasts shaded iron-red, rockwork bases marbled in grisaille and pale sepia
12¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

From the Estate of Ruth Phillips

Lot Essay

Pairs of this classic model have been sold Sotheby's London, 6 November 1973, lot 210; Christie's London, 17 March 1975, lot 74; and Sotheby's Monaco, 23 June 1986, lot 1267. A smaller pair in the Hodroff Collection is illustrated by D.S. Howard (op. cit., p. 262) where he comments that "They represent the finest and most natural models of pheasants made, and would have been at the top of the price range available to the private merchant."

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