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AN ATTRACTIVE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MEISSEN STYLE’ OVAL The unusual handles and coronet finial loosely copy similar ones
TUREEN, COVER AND STAND (originally probably silver or bronze) found on 18th century European
Qianlong period, circa 1760 porcelain. The porcelain wares of this type being made in Western
The tureen body, domed cover with pierced crown finial, and deep kilns are often of very high quality. This clearly reflects the fact that they
stand all brightly enameled principally in pink with loose scattered floral are being commissioned in many cases as parts of extensive table
sprays and single flowerheads within a densely patterned border, the services for top-level government officials or as ambassadorial gifts, at
sides of the tureen base applied with European-figure heads issuing factories often largely or entirely funded by European monarchs and
tall iron-red plumes forming the handles. Electors as a ‘vanity venture’ to project the cultural credentials of the
the stand: 15in (38cm) wide ruling family. This explains why many are table wares, made initially
at the Meissen factory in the 1720s, and widely copied elsewhere
$4,000 - 6,000 thereafter. Perhaps the most glamorous and elaborate of all such table
services made using sculptural elements entirely alien to the traditional
乾隆時期 約1760年 粉彩《麥森風格》橢圓帶蓋湯盆及托盤 skills of the artisan potter, is the famous ‘Swan Service, commissioned
in 1736 by Count Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Prime Minister to Augustus
II of Saxony, and director of the Meissen manufactory in Dresden.

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