Lot Essay
Cf. two similar bough pots and covers sold in these Rooms, 23 April 1990, lots 149 and 150
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOUGH POTS AND COVERS, enamelled on the four main faces with scholars and ladies within shaped panels, with two gilt rope-twist handles, all reserved on a relief-decorated squirrel and vine ground, the spreading foot painted with scrolling flower sprays on a gilt ground, the pierced domed cover similarly decorated (one handle restored), 19th Century
Details
A PAIR OF CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOUGH POTS AND COVERS, enamelled on the four main faces with scholars and ladies within shaped panels, with two gilt rope-twist handles, all reserved on a relief-decorated squirrel and vine ground, the spreading foot painted with scrolling flower sprays on a gilt ground, the pierced domed cover similarly decorated (one handle restored), 19th Century
23.5cm. high (2)
23.5cm. high (2)