Chinese export famille rose porcelain tureen and cover, early Qianlong ca. 1765. Of oval shape with a high domed ogee cover and collared band along the top…

Chinese export famille rose porcelain tureen and cover, early Qianlong ca. 1765. Of oval shape with a high domed ogee cover and collared band along the top with a crown-like finial. The handles of a feathered-headdress form. The decoration of a floral garden terrace with two cockerels fighting over a beetle. Illustrated in David S. Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 116, no. 113. Provenance: Christie's, London, "Fine Chinese Export Porcelain," 12 March 1986, Lot 222; The Distinguished

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