QIANLONG

Details

A famille rose 'duck' sauce tureen and cover
Qianlong
Modelled with its legs tucked under its body, its beak pointed forwards, with lightly moulded green, pink and blue feathered wings and iron-red feathers on the body, the legs, beak, eyes and wings heightened in gilt, some glaze flakes
16.5 cm. long

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot has been illustrated top right on page 49 of the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

This shape is probably based on a Meissen original by Kändler of 1781, an example of which is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. A pair of similar examples are in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 120, no. 119 (together with a pair of gosling tureens).
A similar 'duck' tureen and cover was sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2004, lot 222.

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