A TURQUOISE GLAZED TAPIR, QIANLONG
China, 1736-1795. Fine biscuit porcelain with an unctuous, monochrome glaze. Aptly modelled as a recumbent tapir, the head with vivid eyes, highlighted in black, and ears tucked back, thus connecting with the arched spine.

Provenance: Galerie Beauté Chinoise, Alexandre Hougron, Saint Ouen, France (label to base, inscribed “18ème siècle”). The property of a European lady, acquired from the above.
Condition: Excellent condition with old wear and few minor firing flaws. Rare to find in such immaculate preservation!

Weight: 605.6 grams
Dimensions: Length 21 cm

Note the neatly incised details to the claws and the short, curly tail.

Chinese porcelain with a clear turquoise glaze over a biscuit body was exported from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) onwards. The intense color combined with a smooth, shiny glaze was unlike anything produced in Europe at the time.

乾隆綠松石色釉貘
中國，1736-1795。素燒瓷器胎體細膩，塑造了一只石貘的形象，眼睛生動，單色釉潤澤。

來源： 法國Beauté Chinoise藝廊，Alexandre Hougron, Saint Ouen ( 底部標簽 “18ème siècle”). 一位歐洲女士于上述藝廊購得。
品相：品相極好，舊磨損，些微燒製瑕疵，很難找到這麽保存完好的。

重量： 605.6 克
尺寸： 長 21 厘米