A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-1
A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-2
A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-3
A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-1A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-2A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80 - image-3

Lot 188 Dα

A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.300 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Chinese export model of a goose. Qianlong period, around 1750-80

With transparent, slightly bluish glaze, brownish tint on the beak and tail feathers. It has its head turned back to the right and is preening its wing feathers. The soles of the feet and two circular areas on the underside are unglazed.
Height 26.3 cm

The goose may have been modelled on Meissen sculptures made for the Japanese Palace in Dresden. The curved neck and the bulge on the forehead are reminiscent of Johann Friedrich Eberlein's (1696–1749) swan model from 1735. The present piece, however, has unmistakably the physiognomy of a Chinese goose.

清乾隆 罕見外銷白瓷鵝像
來源： 紐約收藏Mr and Mrs Rafi Y. Mottahedeh
德國萊茵地區私人收藏，1990年3月26日購於Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, ’s-Hertogenbosch (附發票)

Provenance

Mr and Mrs Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, New York

Private collection, Rhineland, acquired on 26.3.1990 at Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art,’s-Hertogenbosch (invoice available)

Literature

Illustrated in: David Howard & John Ayers, China for the West, Vol. II, London/New York 1978, p. 587