Fine Chinese Works of Art & Paintings - 24th May 2023

Lot 504

A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED NIGHT LIGHT

Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £5500

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Description

A CHINESE TURQUOISE GLAZED NIGHT LIGHT
KANGXI 1662-1722

Modelled as a cat, the rotund feline lies with its head resting on its front paws and its small ears pricked up, with pierced eyes and a further quatrefoil aperture to its back, decorated to the exterior and interior with a delicate turquoise glaze, 17.2cm.

Provenance: from a private European collection.

Cf. Sotheby's, London, 27th November 1990, lot 163 for a similar example.

清康熙 孔雀藍釉貓形燈