QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1755-1765

It is rare to find tureens of this form complete with their spoon. Compare the closely related tureen, cover, stand and spoon, bearing the arms of Pedro III of Portugal, which is in the Castle of Queluz, and is illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, p. 71, colour plate XV, and p. 78, where the author suggests that the tureen was made to commemorate Pedro III's marriage to his niece in 1760. See also another tureen, very similar to those in the present lot but without spoon, from the Yves Maillié collection, ibid., p. 176, cat. 119.