A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RABBITS 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RABBITS
19TH/20TH CENTURY
each modeled crouched with head pointed forward and ears pricked back, the bod🌼y painted with sepia strokes to simulate fur
John Rosselli, New York
A related example is in the Copeland Collection at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, and illustrated in William R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, Salem, p. 234, cat. no. 11💯5. Another pair, modeled in t🐼he same mold as the aforementioned example and with the same coloring, was in the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, and sold at Christie's New York, 9 May 2018, lot 155