antique bronze statues and gilt bronzes chinese and Indian sculptures antique chinese porcelain examples Welcome   Our Collections Bronzes and Metalwork Exhibitions Early Ceramics Contact Enamels Furniture   Himalayan   Indian   Ivory and Raino Horn   Lacqoer   Porcelain   Sculpture   Southeast Asian   Works of Art A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN PIG TUREENS Circa 1810 China The pigs are painted in blue & white, with scenes of a walled town. There are holes on both the covers & tureens, which originally took silver handles. Height: 7.5" Length: 14" A similar model of a pig tureen is illustrated in 'Porcelain of the East India Company' by Beurdeley, page 171 - no. 98 - and called Qianlong period, 18th century. A similar example of this very unusual and eccentric decoration is found in 'The Copeland Collection' pages 240 & 241, on a pair of elephants, dated late 18th/early 19th century.