Pair of Chinese export porcelain models of monkeys holding a vase, Qianlong

Pair of Chinese export porcelain models of monkeys holding a vase on a green base, decorated in opaque enamels from the famille rose (fencai) palette, circa 1760, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 13,5 cm, 5 3/8 in. 

Literature:

• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, p. 297 for a similar pair;

• The Copeland Collection, Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, by W.R. Sargent, Salem, MA 1991, pp. 176/177, cat 82/83 for two single figures;

• Chinese Mythology, by A. Christie, 1968, p. 123 for a similar pair;

• Nellie Ionides Collection, Sotheby's sale catalogue, 2nd July 1963, cat. 138 for a similar figure with an enamel splashed base.

中國外銷瓷粉彩瓷猴一對,猴子手執瓶子立於綠色底座上,約1760年,清乾隆,高13.5釐米,5 3/8英吋。

參考文獻：

•《佳士得中國陶瓷史畫報》,作者A. du Boulay,參見第297頁一對近器；

•《Copeland收藏中國及日本陶瓷塑像》,作者W.R. Sargent,1991年馬瑟諸塞州塞勒姆市出版,參見 第176-177頁,編號82-83兩件塑像；

•《中國神話故事》,作者A. Christie,1968年出版,參見第123頁一對近器；

• 參見1963年7月2日蘇富比拍賣品目錄Nellie Ionides類似塑像，帶有斑紋釉瓷底座。

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