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A pair of Chinese famille rose 'Chicken' bowls and matching…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
31-Aug-2017
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Description:
A pair of Chinese famille rose 'Chicken' bowls and matching covers, Qing Dynasty, (1644-1911), after Qianlong, painted to the exterior with a continuous celebrated scene depicting the young boy Jia Chang facing a rooster, and stamping his left foot to call the chickens, set against jagged rockwork and blossoming peonies issuing from leafy stems, the hen and the four chicks nearby, on the reverse an inscription in black enamel of an Imperial poem by the Qianlong Emperor acknowledging the emulation of earlier chicken cups, the poem dated to the bingshen year (1776) and followed by two iron-red seals reading 'Qian' and 'Long', the base with underglaze blue Qianlong seal mark, 11.4 cm diameter, with pierced wooden stands (2). Other Notes: reference: Please see the pair of cups in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum's special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung porcelain ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. No. 144, and two cups from the Sir Percival David collection and now in the British Museum, London, published in the illustrated catalogue of Qing enamelled wares, London, 1991, pl. A823 and A827
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese