A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'HAWK' TUREEN AND COVER

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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE 'HAWK' TUREEN AND COVER
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Modelled as a bird of prey in flight, the multicoloured wings spread sideways, the finely modelled head turned to the right and enamelled in green, black, a bright crimson colour, and brick-red for the beak, one wing restuck, frits
8¼in. (21cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. the very similar tureen illustrated by E. Gordon, op.cit., p.94, no.81; and the similar, but differently enamelled, tureen in the Copeland Collection at the Peabody Museum, Salem, illustrated by W. R. Sargent, op.cit., pp. 172 and 173, no.80
A similar tureen and cover was sold in our New York Rooms, 19 and 20 January, 1996, lot 242

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