*A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TURQUOISE AND BLACK CAT...

*A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TURQUOISE AND BLACK CAT NIGHT LIGHT
China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century]
The recumbent is covered all over with a turquoise glazed ground against which is a black zebra pattern. The inner part of the cat would have been set with a candle which light would have come through the eyes, the ears and the back of the feline.
H: 10,4 cm – L: 20 cm – w: 14,3 cm
Provenance (according to the seller): Bought in 2003 from the closing sale of Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd., Hong Kong, China.
Note: Cat nightlights were made as early as the late Ming period. Two blue and white examples were found in the first Hatcher cargo (sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 14 March 1984, lots 279 and 280.) The French Jesuit Père d'Entrecolles was famously struck by the form on his Kangxi period visit to Jingdezhen.

中国出口绿松石黑猫瓷夜灯
中国，清代，19世纪

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