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Water buffalo or ox-head tureen Made in China for the European market c.1750-60 Porcelain (hard-paste) & Lime (alkaline) glaze; H 39 x L 37.5 x W 35.7 cm Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur Museum 96.4.234 #ChineseArt#ExportArt

photo of the tureen on display at museum with its gallery label label text: “MIDDLE Porcelain tureen in the form of a water buffalo head, made in China for the Western market about 1750-60 96.4.234 Large soup tureens in naturalistic forms such as animals and vegetables were a fashionable expression of rococo taste in eighteenth-century Europe.”
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