Very fine pair of small Chinese export porcelain model of roosters standing on a rock, late Qianlong.

Very fine pair of small Chinese export porcelain model of roosters standing on a rock decorated in iron-red and the base with green, black and blue splashed enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette enamels, c. 1790, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty,  18 cm, 7 in. 7.9179/7-16346 (3665)  

Bibliography:

• A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, by D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 140, cat. 179 for another pair;

• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, p. 301 for a larger pair decorated in enamels;

• Ancient Chinese Trade Porcelain from The British Museum, London, by R. Krahl and J. Harrison, Taipei1994, pp. 200/201 for a larger and earlier pair of roosters;

• Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, by R.L. Hobson, New York and London 1915, plate 112, fig. 3 for a single rooster of larger size at the British Museum.

非常珍稀的中國外銷瓷粉彩公雞立像，器型較小，施礬紅釉的公雞站立于帶黑藍色斑點的綠色底座上，約1790年，清乾隆，高18釐米，7英吋。

參考文獻：

• 《三城記：廣州，上海及香港》，作者D.S. Howard，1997年倫敦出版，參見第140頁編號179一 對立像；

• 《佳士得中國陶瓷史畫報》，作者A.du Boulay，參見第301頁一對尺寸較大的塑像；

• 《倫敦大英博物館藏古老中國貿易瓷》，倫敦出版，作者R. Krahl及J. Harrison，1994年台北出版， 參見第200-201頁一對較大的公雞塑像；

• 《中國陶瓷》，作者R.L. Hobson，1915年紐約及倫敦出版，參見圖版112圖3藏於大英博物館尺寸 較大的公雞塑像一件。

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