A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM AND RIDER
A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM AND RIDER

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM AND RIDER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Finely modelled recumbent on a rectangular plinth with long curling horns, its body neatly covered in spiralling scrolls emulating fur, carrying on its back a seated figure dressed in ornate robes
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide.
Provenance
Acquired from Spink & Sons Ltd., London, September 1966.
Literature
Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, Visite Privée: Hôtels Particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p.186.

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Lot Essay

Compare a virtually identical recumbent cloisonné enamel ram in the Palace Museum, Beijing, catalogued as a brush-stand and illustrated in Jin Shu Tai Falangi, Hong Kong Commercial Press, pl. 125 p. 129.

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