A CHINESE EXPORT 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG WINE-COOLER

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A CHINESE EXPORT 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG WINE-COOLER
ON A REGENCY BRONZE AND EBONISED STAND

The bulbous body with grotesque Chinese mask ring-handles on an oval breakfront stand with bronze and brass paw feet and castors, the basin with restoration to the underside
27in. (68.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The cooler is derived from very early English patterns including those at Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. A japanned cooler of a very closely related model is illustrated in R. Butler and G. Walkling, The Book of Wine Antiques, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 110, colour pl. 21

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