The chinese manufacturers drew on traditional shapes , but quickly began to branch out , making western tureens in the form of pigs , cockerels , blue-eyed horned oxheads and bug-eyed crouching crabs , as well as sauceboats shaped as whole multicoloured fish.it was a world apart from the traditional chinese blue-and-white .
The chinese manufacturers drew on traditional shapes , but quickly began to branch out , making western tureens in the form of pigs , cockerels , blue-eyed horned oxheads and bug-eyed crouching crabs , as well as sauceboats shaped as whole multicoloured fish .
