An Octet of Pheasants

Fuzhou, 1780-1930
Height (including original stopper): 7 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.52/1.30 cm

Stopper: wood carved in the form of a leaping carp, and lacquered vermillion with integral black lacquered wood ; original

 

Polychrome lacquer on fabric; with a flat lip and flat, rectangular foot; the octagonal form painted on each main side with an identical design of a central circular panel of three leaves on a branch surrounded by four oval panels, each with a similar pheasant in it, all contained within a broader circle, the narrow sides and foot engraved with alternating formalized floral diapers and leiwen (‘thunder pattern’) designs, the cinnabar-red ground splashed with gold leaf

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Alexander Whittaker