A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN POT-POURRI
THE ORMOLU LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each bowl and lid decorated with floral sprays in strapwork cartouches, the reserves decorated with flowering branches, the domed lid surmounted by a leaf-wrapped fruiting finial flanked by pierced rosettes, with a pierced gallery flanked by female masks issuing rope-twist handles joined by chains, the tripartite base with pearl garlands and hoof feet centred by a flower head, on a circular stepped white marble plinth with rope-twist edge, restorations to both lids
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN POT-POURRI
THE ORMOLU LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY LATE 17TH CENTURY
Each bowl and lid decorated with floral sprays in strapwork cartouches, the reserves decorated with flowering branches, the domed lid surmounted by a leaf-wrapped fruiting finial flanked by pierced rosettes, with a pierced gallery flanked by female masks issuing rope-twist handles joined by chains, the tripartite base with pearl garlands and hoof feet centred by a flower head, on a circular stepped white marble plinth with rope-twist edge, restorations to both lids
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
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