19TH CENTURY

Details

Two Chinese famille rose figures of cockerels
19th Century
Both modelled standing astride a rockwork base and lifting one claw, the heads turned to one side, painted differently in brightly enamelled feathers, red wattle and high comb, minor damages and restoration
16.5 and 29.7 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

As early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the Chinese made small figures in various materials, and from the Ming period onwards both glazed and unglazed biscuit figures were made. In China cockerels symbolise good fortune, but European private merchants bought figures like these for their decorative value.

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