Spring Cockerel

Probably imperial, 1760-1850
Length including original stopper: 6.58 cm
Mouth: .66 cm
Stopper:  translucent white nephrite, carved in the form of the cockerel’s beak; original

Provenance:
The Ko Family Collection, Beijing, 1924
Sotheby's New York, 27 March 2003, lot 409
The Riddell Collection
Bonham’s, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 78

 

Translucent white nephrite, with a flat lip; carved in the form of a cockerel inspecting the ground for crumbs, its beak separate as the original.

Alexander Whittaker