A rare Bow duck tureen base c.1755-58

A rare Bow duck tureen base c.1755-58, naturalistically modelled as a mallard duck with head turned to dexter, the plumage finely painted, 11.6cm across.

Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, no 264 for a similar tureen with cover. The form derives from George Edwards, Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-47), Vol III, pl 157.