A JAPANESQUE BLACK-GROUND RETICULATED ROUND VASE, pierced with a gilt monkey seated among the branches of a blue pine-tree within a gilt lappet-shaped border, the reverse similarly pierced with butterflies among a leafy shrub, the top pierced and the sides moulded with serrated and pierced projections, on four scroll feet, the moulded details enriched in gilding, purple printed marks, model number 502, date code for 1878 | Christie's

Lot 334

334

A JAPANESQUE BLACK-GROUND RETICULATED ROUND VASE, pierced with a gilt monkey seated among the branches of a blue pine-tree within a gilt lappet-shaped border, the reverse similarly pierced with butterflies among a leafy shrub, the top pierced and the sides moulded with serrated and pierced projections, on four scroll feet, the moulded details enriched in gilding, purple printed marks, model number 502, date code for 1878

Details

A JAPANESQUE BLACK-GROUND RETICULATED ROUND VASE, pierced with a gilt monkey seated among the branches of a blue pine-tree within a gilt lappet-shaped border, the reverse similarly pierced with butterflies among a leafy shrub, the top pierced and the sides moulded with serrated and pierced projections, on four scroll feet, the moulded details enriched in gilding, purple printed marks, model number 502, date code for 1878
6½in. (16.5cm.) high (2)

Provenance

W. Ormesher, Esq.

Lot Essay

With a letter dated 25th. May 1936 from The Royal Porcelain Works Worcester addressed to W. Ormesher, Esq., 'Bronmeirion', Arthog, Merioneth, authenticating the vase and explaining its model number and date code

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