Lot 155 , A pair of Chinese green glazed models of parrots, Kangxi period, hairline cracks to one tail feather
A pair of Chinese green glazed models of parrots, Kangxi period, each perched on a tree bough with plum blossom, remnants of cold painted painting to the beaks and feet, 20.5cm high, hairline cracks to one tail feather
£400-600
Condition:
Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent. This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier. The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale. Item 417 on 1948 inventory. Both parrots with wear to the cold painted decoration on their beaks and feet. One of the figures has a few hairline cracks extending across its tail feathers which are visible on the base below. Typical minor glaze imperfections and some scratching to the glaze, otherwise in good condition.
Sold for £1,400