Details
The rabbit in recumbent pose with ears its pulled back, its pale grey fur finely incised and its eyes detailed in black
9 in. (23 cm.) long
Provenance
The Collection of Rafi & Mildred Mottahedeh; Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 381.
With Luis Alegria, Porto.
Literature
D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West: Chinese Porcelain & Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London and New York, 1978, p. 607, cat. no. 634.
M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, pp. 146-147, cat. no. 9.3.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Hospital Antiques Show, Magnificent Menagerie, 10 - 15 April 1978, no. 47.
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Mottahedeh Collection, January 1981 - October 1982.
New York, The China Institute in America, Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain and Related Decorative Arts from the Mottahedeh Collection, February - March 1984.
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