Modeled after a European baroque silver tureen, decorated in a Chinese pattern. Length of tureen 38,3 cm, height of tureen with cover 41 cm, length of stand 43,5 cm.
Repair to leg. Chip to stand.
Property of a Swedish Noble Family.
Compare the similar one in the collections of Compagnie de la Chine et des Indies, Paris.
Michael Beurdeley, "Porcelain de la Compagnie des Indies", p 47.
Bo Gyllensvärd, Porslinet från Kina, sid 112, Pl 230. Bo Gyllensvärd dates this tureen to the 1740's.
Compare with a tureen just like this one sold at Bukowskis Auction 548, lot 1735, Maj 2008.