A VERY LARGE PAIR OF BROWN STONEWARE HAWKS

QIANLONG PERIOD

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A VERY LARGE PAIR OF BROWN STONEWARE HAWKS
QIANLONG PERIOD
Their bodies brown biscuit with incised feather details, black markings and white enamel dots, each bird perched on a tall green-glazed tree stump growing white prunus, his talons and beak amber with a blue detail and his beady eyes green and black
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Writing in The Copeland Collection, p. 146, W.R. Sargent notes that hawks were considered symbolic of strength and boldness by the Chinese, and that falconry and hawking were fashionable sport in both China and Europe. A smaller pair of hawks in this kind of ware was sold Christie's New York, 21 January 2003, lot 233.

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