Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RECUMBENT PIEBALD HORSES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1770-1780
Auction Closed
November 19, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RECUMBENT PIEBALD HORSES, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 1770-1780
each modeled with one front leg outstretched and the other bent below the body, decorated allover with splashes of black enamel to simulate the piebald coat
porcelain
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) long each
Acquired from the above, June 1975
Compare a closely related example of the same rare model but with iron-red coat, formerly in the Collection of Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahdeh, and illustrated in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, London, 1978, vol. II, cat. No. 625, and later sold in these rooms, October 19th, 2000, lot 389. Another example, also with an iron-red coat, was first sold in these rooms, May 25th, 1971, lot 137, and again on May 16th, 1975, lot 234. A further pair of white glazed horses in the same model, formerly in the Ionides Collection, was sold in our London rooms, July 2nd,1963, lot 31. It is interesting to note that the present examples from which were made the actual original models of the popular Mottahedeh reproductions, seen in the Nelson Rockefeller Collection Inc., catalogue number 36.