Lot Essay
A similar tureen in the form of a setting quail from the collection of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland is a promised gift to the Peabody Museum of Salem (see Sargent, The Copeland Collection, p. 205).
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARTRIDGE SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD
The female bird settled into a yellow and green nest supported on a rococo style ormolu base, her peach chest with dark brown markings and her feathers picked out in brown, peach and white (back broken and repaired, rim and beak chipped, tail end broken off)--6¼in. (15.8cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD
The female bird settled into a yellow and green nest supported on a rococo style ormolu base, her peach chest with dark brown markings and her feathers picked out in brown, peach and white (back broken and repaired, rim and beak chipped, tail end broken off)--6¼in. (15.8cm.) long