A RARE RENNES FAIENCE LARGE TRIPOD TWOHANDLED OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, the light-blue-ground body modelled after silverwork examples in the rococo style, painted in colours by Hirel de Choisy, modelled in relief with rocailles and decorated with flowersprays and combed decoration (à festons peignés), the tureen applied with mascaroons with overhanging scrolled handles, the feet scrolled, the domed cover en suite with recumbent dog finial, the twohandled stand en suite with huge flowerspray (the cover with a crack), circa 1770
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A RARE RENNES FAIENCE LARGE TRIPOD TWOHANDLED OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, the light-blue-ground body modelled after silverwork examples in the rococo style, painted in colours by Hirel de Choisy, modelled in relief with rocailles and decorated with flowersprays and combed decoration (à festons peignés), the tureen applied with mascaroons with overhanging scrolled handles, the feet scrolled, the domed cover en suite with recumbent dog finial, the twohandled stand en suite with huge flowerspray (the cover with a crack), circa 1770
the tureen 29.5 cm high
the stand 47 cm wide
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