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                                                                               A FAMILLE ROSE ROCOCO SOUP
                                                                               TUREEN AND COVER
                                                                               QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
                                                                               With pinecone fnial, painted allover with sprigs
                                                                               of peony, fanked by scroll handles with leafy
                                                                               terminals
                                                                               11 in. (27.9 cm.) long        (2)
                                                                               $7,000-10,000
                                                                               The asymmetrical shapes and natural world
                                                                               ornament of the rococo were quite fashionable in
                                                                               Chinese export porcelain for several decades of
                                                                               the 18th century. Originally inspired by European
                                                                               silver, the forms were then made in European
                                                                               faience and Chinese export. More rococo sauce
                                                                               tureens are known than soup tureens, which are
                                                                               relatively rare.























































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