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。