Lot Essay
An almost identical pair of sceaux à raffraichissoir - no doubt executed in the same atelier - was sold from the Hochschild Collection, Sotheby's Monaco, 11 February 1979, lot 322.
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SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND GILT-LEAD-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-JAPANNED TOLE CACHE-POTS
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form and decorated overall with a courtly figure and a landscape on one and courtly ladies in an enclosed garden on the other, the sides with foliate-edged handles issuing from bearded masks, one partially redecorated, with later liners
6½ in. (17 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (22 cm.) deep (2)
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form and decorated overall with a courtly figure and a landscape on one and courtly ladies in an enclosed garden on the other, the sides with foliate-edged handles issuing from bearded masks, one partially redecorated, with later liners
6½ in. (17 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (22 cm.) deep (2)
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