Large fish jar in finely enameled export porcelain

Large fish jar in finely enameled export porcelain with famille rose decoration. The cartouche is decorated with flowering branches and peonies, the handles with lion’s head prototypes.

40 x 57 cm

For a jar with similar decoration, see Sir Philip Sassoon’s collection, illustrated by G.C. Williamson, the book of famille rose, plate L111.

This type of large-scale production was one of the rarest and most sought-after export items.

Damage and cracks.