• Mandarin & Menagerie:  The Sow auction at Christies

    Sale 3704

    Mandarin & Menagerie: The Sowell Collection and Chinese Export Art From Various Owners

    New York

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    26 January 2015

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    Lot 16

    A PAIR OF EUROPEAN-DECORATED BLANC DE CHINE COCKERELS

    CIRCA 1780

    Price realised

    USD 12,500

    Estimate

    USD 7,000 - USD 10,000

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    A PAIR OF EUROPEAN-DECORATED BLANC DE CHINE COCKERELS
    CIRCA 1780
    Each white Chinese cockerel later enameled in yellow, iron-red, black and blue, perched on a rocky outcropping
    10.3/3 in. (27 cm.) high

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    op. cit., p. 230, no. 16.6.


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    THE JAMES E. SOWELL COLLECTION (LOTS 1-57)

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