A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY
The cover topped with an acorn above latticed and acanthus leaf-cast cover, the porcelain beneath decorated in rich blue, the neck decorated with a geometric border, the body below with scholar's objects and vases of flowers including lotuses, with flower-head ormolu mounts surrounded by a laurel band on two sides, above ormolu fluted and leaf-cast band and quatrefoil base
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY
The cover topped with an acorn above latticed and acanthus leaf-cast cover, the porcelain beneath decorated in rich blue, the neck decorated with a geometric border, the body below with scholar's objects and vases of flowers including lotuses, with flower-head ormolu mounts surrounded by a laurel band on two sides, above ormolu fluted and leaf-cast band and quatrefoil base
15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) high