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A rare tureen with cover
Estimate
6.000 - 8.000
Session 1
16 December 2024
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Decorated with Famille Rose enamels and gilt details, featuring small floral arrangements
Rococo-inspired design, with the body supported by four scroll feet, moulded with foliate panels and flanked by side handles
The cover, with matching decoration, is surmounted by a leaf-shaped finial with scrollwork
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
(minor restorations and a hairline crack)
25,5x32,5x17 cm
Category
Porcelain
Additional Information
This form, often inspired by European silver models, was highly valued in Western markets during the 18th century and reproduced in various European factories, including Delft and Höchst.
Literature:
David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, London, 1978, ill. 571
Michel Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, pp. 52-53, figs. 23-24
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