Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

China, 1644-1912. Naturalistically modeled as an ox, standing foursquare with the head slightly raised, its tail swept to the right, the face with almond-shaped eyes, the mouth slightly agape to reveal a full set of teeth, further detailed with fine incision work below the eyes and cheeks and above the hooves. Overall covered in a soft cream-white glaze.

Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Fair condition with old wear and firing flaws, some chips, losses and minor old repairs.

Weight: 925.7 g
Dimensions: Length 24.2 cm

Literature comparison:
A related 18th-century figure is illustrated in Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, p. 33, fig. B.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 19 September 2015, lot 975
Price: USD 3,000 or approx. EUR 3,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A dehua figure of an oxherd, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related glaze and pose. Note that an oxherd sits atop the animal and that the lot also comprises a 20th century figure of the same subject.