An Extremely Rare Quianlong Period Chinese Porcelain Tankard Hand Painted in underglaze blue with unusual entwined applied handle, of traditional form and quite large size. 

The main body with an unusual entwined handle decorated with Oriental villiage scenes.

Condition: Good condition except for a few flea bites at top rim and a small loss at botton rim, please view images. This piece is typically of this period unmarked.

Diameter of top rim: 5.5" (14cm). Height: 5.5" (14cm).

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Quianlong Period (1736-1795)

During this period very large quantities of Chinese porcelain were being exported to Western Europe. The Chinese Port of Nanking gives its name to many of the later blue & white pieces. This pair of plates shows a very popular theme of hand paintings as well as of course the very familiar Willow Pattern which shows lakeside landscapes with pagodas, houses and trees. These designs were widely copied and used on English pottery and porcelain throughout the first half of the Nineteenth Century.