A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PEACOCKQIANLONG 1736-95The bird depicted perching on rockwork with his long tail feathers upright and wings by his side, with finely painted detail to his plumage, he sits next to a prunus tree from which blossoming pink flowers grow, 16.5cm.Cf. D S Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, vol.2, p.608, no.635 for a 19th century example.