A BOAR'S HEAD TUREEN STAND WITH GILT CYPHER MONOGRAM

CIRCA 1760

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A BOAR'S HEAD TUREEN STAND WITH GILT CYPHER MONOGRAM
CIRCA 1760
Of European silver shape with gilt-decorated, molded and scalloped rim, in the center is enameled in bright famille rose colors the head of a boar, his nostrils and inner ears picked out in shades of pink, his long snout iron-red and his hide in grisaille and black strokes, between his large black eyes is a roundel with gilt cypher monogram
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

This grand and distinctive shape is closely associated with both German and French faience, but the concept of decorating the stand with the animal it is meant to hold seems to be wholly Chinese. Large carp tureens had the whole fish enameled on their stands (see Christie's, Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 279); cockerel tureens the cockerel (see The Chinese Porcelain Co., Catalogue, "Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art," New York, 11-30 May 1998, pp.75-77, pl.54), and so forth. These examples all bore Spanish coats-of-arms, commissioned by Spanish nobles or notables; this stand would have held a tureen similarly monogrammed, destined for a similarly grand European household.

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