A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KYOTOWARE POTS-POURRIS VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1720-30

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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED KYOTOWARE POTS-POURRIS VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1720-30
Each of ovoid form and decorated with green and blue foliate sprays on a yellowish brown ground, the pierced lid with foliate finial in naturalistic tripod base mounted with porcelain flowerheads, one cover restored, some differences in the mounts and the shape of the porcelain bowls
8in. (22cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 21 May 1997, lot 533 ($51,750).

Lot Essay

A pair of candelabra of similar open form with porcelain flowers is at Waddesdon Manor (illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, Furniture and Gilt Bronzes, Fribourg, 1974, vol.II, p. 704, no. 173).

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