Lot Essay
For a similar model of a cockerel see, P.J. Donelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1966, pl. 109-c.
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FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of blanc-de-Chine models of cockerels
First half 18th Century
Each modelled in mirror image, perched with one foot raised on a rockwork base, the heads inclined inwards, the beaks open, the feather moulded and incised naturalistally, one with restoration
25.8 cm. high (2)
First half 18th Century
Each modelled in mirror image, perched with one foot raised on a rockwork base, the heads inclined inwards, the beaks open, the feather moulded and incised naturalistally, one with restoration
25.8 cm. high (2)
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