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Culture:Chinese
Title:tureen
Date Made:ca. 1770
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.; 10.4775 x 15.5575 x 11.1125 cm; stand: 1 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Accession Number:  HD 1967
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain sauce tureen (with stand, HD 1967.2) with two molded rabbit or hare-head handles, cover with a molded rococo stem-like finial, and stand, decorated with floral sprays in the Famille rose palette in pink, purple, green, yellow, turquoise, orange, and gilding. This is an example of a Western form, probably based on European silver designs, adapted in Chinese porcelain.

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