Ref: X655
£ 6,500
Price is subject to availability and market conditions.
Chinese famille rose oval tureen and cover, Qianlong (1736-95), the base with shell-shaped handles and decorated to either side with a pair of peacocks wandering in a flower garden amongst rockwork and large blooms of peony, all between a band of lambrequin spear heads to the footrim and a gilt patterned band with narrow cartouches in underglaze blue to the rim; the lid with similar bands and floral sprays with lotus and tropical blooms, surmounted by a flame finial.