Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE 'COCKEREL' WINE POT AND COVER
Lot 146

A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE 'COCKEREL' WINE POT AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740

Closed9 May 2018

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A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE 'COCKEREL' WINE POT AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
The fowl with richly enameled pink body, his wings picked out in bright colors and his tail extending to form a loop handle, the cover with chick finial
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide

Lady Ashburton Sale; Christie’s, London, 22 June 1950.
With J. Rochelle Thomas, London.

Specialist note

Compare also a pot of exactly this model from the Sowell Collection, sold Christie's New York, 26 January 2015, lot 18.

A related cockerel wine pot and cover can be found in the Peabody Museum of Salem, illustrated by W. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, 1991, no.75, p. 162 and 163

Another comparable ewer is in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, exhibited Chinese Export Porcelain, 1989/90, no.25.