Lot Essay
See a similar pair of rare cloisonné enamel models of rams with riders sold at Christie’s, London , 6 November 2012, lot 16. Another similarly modelled single ram with rider sold at Christie’s, London, 16 July 2010, lot 113.
Compare to a virtually identical recumbent cloisonné enamel ram in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, described as a brush stand and illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 2002, Hong Kong, pl. 125.
Compare to a virtually identical recumbent cloisonné enamel ram in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, described as a brush stand and illustrated in Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 2002, Hong Kong, pl. 125.