清乾隆 粉彩描金鳳凰一對21 in. (53.3 cm.) high
Compare a very similar pair of Famille Rose models of Phoenixes, in the same palette of enamels, illustrated in Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, Edgar Gorer & J.F. Blacker, London, 1911, pl. 97. Of particular note, are the details of the birds tails, which are virtual identical to the tails of the Phoenixes in the current lot.Two very similar single examples, from the collection of M. v. Wassermann and also dating to the Qianlong period, were exhibited in the Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin 1929, p.383, entries 1052 and 1053