Live Auction 2818European Noble and Private Collections
Two Chinese famille rose figures of cockerels
Lot 514

Two Chinese famille rose figures of cockerels

19TH CENTURY

Closed1 April 2009

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EUR 2,375

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Two Chinese famille rose figures of cockerels
19th Century
Both modelled standing astride a rockwork base and lifting one claw, the heads turned to one side, painted differently in brightly enamelled feathers, red wattle and high comb, minor damages and restoration
16.5 and 29.7 cm. high (2)

Specialist note

As early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the Chinese made small figures in various materials, and from the Ming period onwards both glazed and unglazed biscuit figures were made. In China cockerels symbolise good fortune, but European private merchants bought figures like these for their decorative value.