REPUBLIC PERIODEach naturalistically modelled as a goose with a raised head, folded wings and with webbed feet tucked under the bodies, brightly enamelled with colourful plumage, each with a coat of arms painted on their breasts, with inscriptions which read 'A D Villaleal 1675', 33.5cm overall. (4)Provenance: from the collection of James Sweeney, Magistrate and land owner in Co. Donegal, Ireland, acquired in the early 1940s.Cf. W Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics, from the Peabody Essex Museum, pp.378-379, no.206, for an 18th Century original goose tureen and cover.