Description: Qianlong period, circa 1750
Modelled after a Rouen faience example after a silver shape, the cover with a turquoise-glazed snake handle, painted in iron-red enamels and gilt with peonies within floral borders.
W. 39.5 cm
Diam. 10.6 cm
Provenance:
Collection B.F. Edwards, United States (with labels)
Note:
A similar tureen yet with different decoration is illustrated in David Howard and John Ayers, China for the West, 1978, p. 553, ill. 570.