Animal tureens such as the present lot were a very popular accompaniment to table services in wealthy households in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were almost certainly derived from European ceramic models, most likely the faience models produced by the Strasbourg factory in the mid-18th century. It has been suggested by scholars William Motley that the shorter neck and more naturalistic coloring of the present model pre-dates the more commonly-found long-neck goose tureens. See M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie Volume I: The James E. Sowell Collection, Cohen & Cohen, London, 2008, p. 258 for a detailed description of the long-necked model. The Tibor Collection was formed over decades, growing to encompass every category of Chinese export porcelain, from small, charming teawares to massive pairs of important jars. The collector had a deep appreciation for the magnificent porcelains made for New Spain as well as for the lifelike charm and elegance of Chinese porcelain figure and animal models.
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The pair with vibrant enameling and nicely defined plumage. With very minor glaze chips or fritting scattered about.
Tureen and cover 1, the Mottahedeh Collection, with applied sticker to interior of tureen: The beak has been restuck in two places, directly below the opening on the top and where it meets the head on the bottom beak. The restoration is very skillfully executed with later detailed touch ups to the iron-red paint. The goose's left webbed foot fluoresces under UV light possibly covering a line and skillfully touched up with iron-red detail. The tureen also fluoresces on the goose's right-side behind the webbed foot which most likely covers a line at the rim with touch ups to the enameled plumage.
Tureen and cover 2, the Falk Collection: The cover has been reglued in several areas, including to a Y-shaped break to the back of the body beneath the up-turned feathers, and in two place to the neck and head. Each up-turned feather tip also fluoresces under UV indicating possible breaks or cracks to the porcelain as well. Additionally, the beak of the goose skillfully restored with several nicks to the enameled iron-red decoration. On the tureen the goose's right webbed foot fluoresces under UV light most likely indicating a line that has been filled and touched-up.
133⁄8 in. high, overall
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拍品 50拍卖编号 19271
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760-1780A RARE PAIR OF GOOSE TUREENS AND COVERS估价: USD 125,000 - 175,000