An Extremely Rare Pair of Chinese Export Famille-Rose Goose-Form Tureens and Covers, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1780 | 清乾隆 約1780年 粉彩鵝形湯盆一對

An Extremely Rare Pair of Chinese Export Famille-Rose Goose-Form Tureens and Covers, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Circa 1780

清乾隆 約1780年 粉彩鵝形湯盆一對

each 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