拍品 1874
1874
A RARE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURE OF A HAWK
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A RARE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURE OF A HAWK

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A RARE LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL FIGURE OF A HAWK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)

Naturalistically modelled standing on both feet with its head turned to the left and its wings gathered, the turquoise body covered with finely detailed feathers of varying patterns
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high

拍品專文

While cloisonn/ae models of quails, cranes, blackbirds and doves are well-known, models of hawks appear to be much rarer. Compare the detailed feathers on the present example with similar work on a pair of blackbirds in the Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, illustrated in Europa und die Kaiser von China, Frankfurt, 1985, p. 179, no. 100. Another cloisonn/ae model of a hawk was sold at Sotheby's London, 15 October 1968, lot 29 but no other examples appear to have been published.