Lot Essay
For the arms, see Antoine Lebel, French and Swiss armorials on Chinese export porcelain of the 18th century, 2009, p. 235.
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QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
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A CHINESE ARMORIAL ROCOCO SOUP-TUREEN AND COVER FOR THE FRENCH MARKET
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
Modelled after a silver or faience shape with frond handles and rococo foliage finial, moulded, enamelled and gilt with the arms of Walsh, Comte de Serrant, to either side of the body and repeated on the cover, all supported on four claw feet
12½ in. (32 cm.) wide
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1760
Modelled after a silver or faience shape with frond handles and rococo foliage finial, moulded, enamelled and gilt with the arms of Walsh, Comte de Serrant, to either side of the body and repeated on the cover, all supported on four claw feet
12½ in. (32 cm.) wide
Special notice
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