MF 51 A rare glazed biscuit porcelain model of a rabbit

清康熙 珍罕黃釉瓷兔

Kangxi period (1662-1722)

The rabbit is modelled in a recumbent position and covered with a warm yellow-ochre glaze except for the inside of its flat ears and paws which are left in the biscuit and covered with a transparent glaze with faint greenish hue. Its face with pierced nostrils and black eyes has an alert expression.
Length 7.5 cm

Provenance: A Dutch private collection 
                      With Salomon Stodel Antiques, Amsterdam

Reference: An almost identical one, probably from the same mould, is illustrated in Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art (Winchester: Winchester College, 2019), p. 80 

清康熙 珍罕黃釉瓷兔
時代：清康熙，1662至1722年
特徵：兔呈臥伏姿，通體施黃赭色釉，唯兔耳內側及四爪部分露胎並施透明釉，釉色泛淡青。兔子鼻孔鏤空，雙眼點黑，神情警覺。
尺寸：長7.5公分
來源：荷蘭私人收藏; 阿姆斯特丹 Salomon Stodel Antiques

參考：Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art (Winchester: Winchester College, 2019), 一書中頁80，載有一件黃釉瓷兔，外型與此件近乎相同，可能出自同一組模具。