A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ROCOCO SHELL-SHAPED TUREENS, COVERS, AND STANDS Qianlong period Each of asymmetrical form with the lobed bodies terminating on one side with a classic scroll forming a handle, the domed covers similarly terminating with a scroll-form handle at the opposite side, the body and cover each attractively enameled with loose floral bouquets, divided by scattered smaller blossoms, the covers each surmounted by a gilt 'berry' finial, each on a matching stand similarly decorated and molded with scallop-shaped patterns in low relief. 10 5/8in (27cm) width of tureen (6). Footnotes: The double-shell shape of the present tureens is based on a model by Joshua Wedgwood which was itself inspired by a Sevres model, to which Wedgwood added a double-shell cover. Compare with a similar double-shell tureen, cover, and stand, with arms attributed to Francisco Piar y Lottyn, Qianlong period circa 1773, illustrated in R. Diaz, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for Spain, London, 2010, pp 230-231, no. 33. Another double-shell tureen, cover, and stand, with the arms of Pedro III, mid-18th century, in the Castle of Queluz, Portugal, is illustrated in M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, p. 71, pl. xv. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com