A LARGE FISH TUREEN AND COVER

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE FISH TUREEN AND COVER
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Naturalistically modelled on its side with tail turned up and mouth open, molded and enamelled on the top and underneath with brownish scales on the yellow ground, the interior glazed turquoise
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

A very similar fish tureen in different coloring was sold Christie's New York, 21 January 2004, lot 322. See also S. Roth, Chinese Porcelain, p. 27 for an example in the collection of the Gothenberg Historical Museum, Sweden, made for Niklas Sahlgren (1701-76), a director of the Swedish East India Co.

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