19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE MODELS OF PEACOCKS
19TH CENTURY
Each bird is perched on a rocky openwork base with lingzhi fungus protruding from the crevices, their wings tucked over their backs and their tail feathers spread behind them in a luxurious fan-shape. The feathers, facial features and rocks are all finely detailed and the birds are enamelled in shades of green, blue, orange, yellow, aubergine, white and turquoise.
17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared with the pair of peacocks dated to the Jiaqing period and illustrated in Mandarin and Menagerie Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Volume 1: The James E Sowell Collection, no. 16.8.

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