Lot Essay
Cf. Goder et al., colour frontispiece, no. 4 for a plain example and ibid., pl. 67 for three white porcelain examples, one having identical reliefs with traces of gilt decoration; see also a white porcelain example with identical reliefs, sold Christie's Geneva, 12 May 1986, lot 297 and a similar pair sold in these Rooms, 6 April 1981, lot 116