A Fine and Rare Chinese Export Goose-form Tureen and Cover, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1770 | 清乾隆 約1770年 粉彩鵝形湯盆

Property of an Important Midwestern Collection

A Fine and Rare Chinese Export Goose-form Tureen and Cover

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1770

清乾隆 約1770年 粉彩鵝形湯盆

naturalistically and boldly modeled, the raised head supported by a long curving neck, the body finely enameled with sepia plumage, the folded wings molded with overlapping feathers in green, turquoise, iron-red, and sepia with details picked out in gilding, the webbed feet tucked under the body

height 16 in.; 40.6 cm