Lot 209
CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED 'ROOSTER' PAPERWEIGHT ‡
MING DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
明 龍泉青釉雄雞型紙鎮
modelled as a bird perched on a domed boulder, its tail upright, mouth ajar, with carved details, covered overall save for the foot rim in a green glaze thinning on the widest parts
Dimensions
14cm high
Provenance
Private Collection, Hong Kong; formerly in a Private Japanese collection
香港私人收藏；前日本私人收藏
Footnote
Compare to a related Longquan celadon-glazed parrot-form incense burner, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pl. 16:94, British Museum collection no. 1911,0607.27; and one duck-form censer, Ming dynasty, offered at Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2024, lot 182.
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