CIRCA 1765-70

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'COMMODE' BULB-POTS AND COVERS
Circa 1765-70
Each modelled as bow-fronted bombé commodes, moulded with two short drawers and two long drawers, the front corners with iron-red and gilt vertical serpentine motifs and the sides with shaped moulded cartouches, the covers with five apertures within blue enamel surrounds, enamelled all over with small sprigs of flowers, some restoration
8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) wide, 5¼ in. (13 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 23 April 1979, lot 718 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-46).

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Lot Essay

This form is taken from European faience originals; versions were made at Montpelier, Moustier and Doccia. A very similar single bulb-pot and cover was in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.II, no.594. A similar pair was sold Christie's, London, 2 March 1976, lot 323.

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