A WHITE-GLAZED PHEASANT FROM THE 'NANKING CARGO'
CIRCA 1750
The crested bird modeled standing on pierced rockwork, its wings to its sides
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
来源
The Nanking Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain and Gold; Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May 1986, lot 5741.
出版
Fuchs and Howard, Made in China, p. 179, no. 114.
Sheaf and Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, Oxford, 1988, p. 158, where it is described as 'exceptionally rare'.
C.J.A. Jörg, The Geldermalsen, Groningen, 1986, p. 100, no. 96.
Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 264, no. 316.
展览
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1997.
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拍品专文
The present model is one of only two pheasants recovered from the Geldermalsen when it was salvaged in 1983. The piece's original bright enamels have been erradicated during its 200 years in the briny deep.