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26. Famille rose large circular tureen, cover and stand, after the Meissen original, each piece painted with a scene depicting
European figures on grassy slopes along the banks of an estuary, some carrying bales of cargo, others in ships, with
buildings in the distance on the opposite bank, within a gilt cloud form frame with scrolls in iron-red and puce, the
elaborate borders between floral gilt branches, the circular tureen painted on each side with the identical scene between
shell-form handles, the cover surmounted by a circular gilt knop.
The under dish 14 ½ inches, 36.8 cm diameter; the tureen 12 ¾ inches, 32.4 cm handle to handle.
Qianlong, circa 1745.
• From the collection of Dr Hardouin, Nantes, western France.
• A similar plate is illustrated by R. Picard, J. P. Kerneis & Y. Bruneau in Les Compagnies des Indes Route de la
Porcelaine, pl. 94, and by François & Nicole Hervouët & Yves Bruneau in La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes,
no. 15.10, p. 345.
• Another Chinese export Meissen style circular tureen, cover and stand is illustrated by John Goldsmith Phillips in
China Trade Porcelain, An Account of Its Historical Background, Manufacture, and Decoration and a Study of the Helena
Woolworth McCann Collection, pl. 64, p. 148.
• This Meissen pattern is painted in the manner of C. F. Herold (1700-1779), who was one of the outstanding
painters at Meissen from 1725 to 1779 and was famous for his Chinoiserie scenes.

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