GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED TUREEN AND COVER FOR OTTOMAN MARKET QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 外銷藍釉描金牡丹紋大湯碗 the exterior of the side bowl and cover painted with four gilt chrysanthemum sprays on a blue-glazed ground, the knop has a further flower, the interior of the bowl and cover painted with a red flower on leafy branch (35.4cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London. The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte. Note: Large covered tureens like the present example were made at the Chinese porcelain factories in Jingdezhen in the second half of the eighteenth century of which a large number of extant pieces are in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Some tureens further decorated with strong Ottoman flavour, such as Qur'anic verses and crescent moon and star, suggesting that they were special commissions for important Turkish clients. A large covered tureen, painted with gilt Qur'anic verses on similar blue-glazed ground, dated to the Qianlong period, was sold at Sotheby's London, 31 March 2021, lot 102.