A RARE OVAL WHITE-GLAZED ROCOCO STYLE TUREEN AND COVER, modelled from a European faience original, supported on four paw feet, moulded with irregular flutes and ridges, the sides set with scrolling handles, the cover modelled as a curled leaf with spiraling stem finial, (small chips) Qianlong, circa 1760

This shape was probaly based on a silver original and was copied in faience at several European factories including Strassbourg, Crailsheim, Nuremburg and Hochst. cf. J.G. Phillips, China trade Porcelain p.116, fig. 41 where a similary modelled tureen for the Danish market is illustrated along with a Hochst original by Ignatz Hess, circa 1750.