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TWO CHINESE QINGBAI PILLOWS, A MODEL OF A PHOENIX AND TWO CANDLE HOLDERS
£300 - £500
TWO CHINESE QINGBAI PILLOWS, A MODEL OF A PHOENIX AND TWO CANDLE HOLDERS
PROBABLY QING DYNASTY
19cm max. (5)
Acquired from Robert Collis, who lived in Hong Kong between 1960-1980.
One pillow formed as a boy holding up a lotus leaf, the other pillow formed as two mandarin ducks sheltering under a lotus leaf, the phoenix depicted with its wings outstretched, the candle holders formed as foliate form cups on the backs of mandarin ducks.