Lot Essay
For other tureens with double-peacock decoration cf. C.A. Goffen, op. cit., p.177 pl.86; and M. Beurdeley, op. cit., p.187, cat.162
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FAMILLE ROSE 'DOUBLE-PEACOCK' OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, enamelled on the main faces with a peacock standing beside another peacock perched on rockwork issuing peony-sprays in a landscape dividing the iron-red hare-head handles, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a pierced coronet finial, Qianlong
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'DOUBLE-PEACOCK' OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND, enamelled on the main faces with a peacock standing beside another peacock perched on rockwork issuing peony-sprays in a landscape dividing the iron-red hare-head handles, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a pierced coronet finial, Qianlong
33cm. wide, stand 38.3cm. wide (2)
33cm. wide, stand 38.3cm. wide (2)