A famille verte figure of a tiger


KangxiSeated on its hind legs on a rectangular base decorated with a diaper pattern, the ferocious beast modelled with bulging eyes and the jaw slightly opened to reveal the fangs, its tail curled around the rear haunch and detailed with black fur markings, reserved on an amber glaze highlighted with splashes of green and aubergine enamels 23.8cm (9 3/8in) high
|ProvenanceThe collection of Mrs Flatau circa 1930, thence by descent to Mr Kurt Flatau, then Mrs B Flatau-Yallen.Private Collection Adelaide, South Australia, and thence by descent.Compare with a related famille verte biscuit enamelled figure of a hound, from the Collection of Robert Lee and Melanie Gill, New York, illustrated in The Chinese Porcelain Company Catalogue, New York, October 2002, p.24.