拍品專文
The sword-cutler Jean-Baptiste Fouasse is recorded in 1773
細節
A FINE FRENCH SMALL-SWORD
CIRCA 1760
With blade (extreme tip missing) of hollow-triangular section etched and gilt (gilding worn) on each face of the forte 'Fouasse Au Roy De La Chine Sur Le Pont St.Michel A Paris' under the seated figure of the King of China, the iron hilt finely pierced with panels of flowerheads and chiselled in relief with rococo scrolls and flowers framing trophies against a gilt fish-roe ground, and original wooden grip (binding missing)
31½in. (80cm.) blade
CIRCA 1760
With blade (extreme tip missing) of hollow-triangular section etched and gilt (gilding worn) on each face of the forte 'Fouasse Au Roy De La Chine Sur Le Pont St.Michel A Paris' under the seated figure of the King of China, the iron hilt finely pierced with panels of flowerheads and chiselled in relief with rococo scrolls and flowers framing trophies against a gilt fish-roe ground, and original wooden grip (binding missing)
31½in. (80cm.) blade