Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RABBITS 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT FIGURES OF RABBITS
19TH/20TH CENTURY
each modeled crouched with head pointed forward and ears pricked back, the body 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. 115. Another pair, modeled in the 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