Lot Essay
For a similar example cf. M. Beurdeley, op. cit.,, p. 171, cat. 99; and J. McClure Mudge, op. cit., p. 56, pl. 68
ANIMAL FIGURES
PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LARGE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE BOAR'S-HEAD TUREEN AND COVER, naturalistically modelled and enamelled as the head of a boar looking upwards with its large mouth open to expose fangs, teeth and tongue, its ears pinned back and its big eyes open, enamelled in iron-red to imitate its fur, pink, blue, green and black lappets moulded around the base (cover, one fang and tongue extremity restored), Qianlong
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A LARGE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE BOAR'S-HEAD TUREEN AND COVER, naturalistically modelled and enamelled as the head of a boar looking upwards with its large mouth open to expose fangs, teeth and tongue, its ears pinned back and its big eyes open, enamelled in iron-red to imitate its fur, pink, blue, green and black lappets moulded around the base (cover, one fang and tongue extremity restored), Qianlong
41cm. long
41cm. long