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19TH CENTURY
Details
A large Japanese ormolu-mounted and enamelled bowl and cover
19th Century
Painted to the sides in various coloured enamels and gilt with branches of peony and plum, the cover with various song-birds in flight or perched on prunus branches issuing from rockwork besides flowering chrysanthemum, ormolu-mounted with foliate handles, finial and base, wave-pattern rim, minor damage to ormolu
57cm. high
19th Century
Painted to the sides in various coloured enamels and gilt with branches of peony and plum, the cover with various song-birds in flight or perched on prunus branches issuing from rockwork besides flowering chrysanthemum, ormolu-mounted with foliate handles, finial and base, wave-pattern rim, minor damage to ormolu
57cm. high
Provenance
According to the present owner this bowl was a present from the King of Belgium in the early 20th Century.
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