A RARE PAIR OF DEER WATER-DROPPERS AND COVERS, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

A RARE PAIR OF DEER WATER-DROPPERS AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each modeled seated with a lingzhi sprig in its jaw, the coats picked out and spotted in white enamel, the handle in the form of a pine bough, the covers the top of the heads with antlers
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, overall

Provenance
Possibly the pair listed as "two browne painted staggs" in the 1688 inventory at Burghley House, England.
Sold Christie's, London 1 November 1982, lot 371.
The collection of Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen, New York.

Pre-Lot Text
THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION