Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Large Chinese octagonal famille rose tureen and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), with moulded hare-head handles, the body decorated with sprays of flowers issuing from rockwork, the shallow domed cover similarly decorated with floral sprays above a lambrequin border to the rim and flame finial within a border of gilt cracked ice pattern against an orange ground, the spreading foot similarly decorated with a wide band of cracked ice interspersed by shaped cartouches containing flowers to the canted corners.
Dimensions:
Diameter of basin: 30cm. (11 ¾ in.); height: 17cm. (6 ¾ in.)
Condition:
Good; tiny fritting to foot, underside of handles, minute chips to underside of cover.
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
