A pair of enamelled models of cockerels , 18TH CENTURY

Sale 2624

CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

Amsterdam

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19 May 2004

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Lot 358

A pair of enamelled models of cockerels

18TH CENTURY

Price realised

EUR 13,145

Estimate

EUR 8,000 - EUR 10,000

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A pair of enamelled models of cockerels
18TH CENTURY
Each standing astride a pierced blue-glazed rockwork base with one leg lifted high, the heads turned sideways in mirror image, the yellow feathers detailed with brown marking, the wings and long tail feathers in iron-red and black, white-glazed wattle and comb, some chips
20 cm. high (2)
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Lot 358

A pair of enamelled models of cockerels

18TH CENTURY

Recommended features

Charles Dickens and ‘the first computer program’

‘Words have temperatures... When they reach a certain point and become hot, they appeal to me’ —Ed Ruscha’s Annie