CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Details

PAIRE DE COQS EN EMAUX CLOISONNES FORMANT BRULE-PARFUMS
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Ils sont représentés debout, le corps est rehaussé de motifs stylisés de volatiles sur fond turquoise. Les ailes multicolores amovibles sont repliées, la queue en panache ; fixés au socle.
Hauteur: 19,7 cm. (7 ¾ in.), socle en bois

Provenance

With John Sparks Ltd., London (according to one label)

Special notice

Additional costs of 5.5% including tax of the auction price will be taken in addition to the usual costs charged to the buyer. These additional costs are likely to be reimbursed to the buyer on presentation of proof of export of the batch outside the Union European within the legal deadlines (See the "VAT" section of Terms of sale)

Further details

A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL 'COCKEREL' CENSERS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared with two almost identical cockerel censers offered individually at Christie's London on 6 November 2007, lot 103 and on 3 November 2009, lot 163. A pair of cloisonne enamel cockerel censers from the Qianlong period is illustrated in Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite, A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang's Collection, Suzhou Museum, 2007, p.42 & 43 and a single cockerel is illustrated in Cloisonne: Chinese enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beatrice Quette (ed.), 2011, no. 111, p 280.

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