A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PEACOCK QIANLONG 1736-95 The bird depicted perching on rockwork...

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PEACOCK

QIANLONG 1736-95

The bird depicted perching on rockwork with his long tail feathers upright and wings by his side, with finely painted detail to his plumage, he sits next to a prunus tree from which blossoming pink flowers grow, 16.5cm.

Cf. D S Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.2, p.608, no.635 for a 19th century example.