THE ORMOLU EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A REGENCE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN JARDINIERE
THE ORMOLU EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The baluster-shaped vessel decorated in blue and white with scrolling foliage and butterflies, the reeded rim above foliate and shell-cast clasps with drop-handles and espagnolette masks and a similarly reeded base, the base mount with traces of previous cross-strutts suggesting a possible earlier use
7 in. (18 cm.) high; 8½ in. (22 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

There is a pair of similarly-mounted famille verte vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum (71.D1.50), which are illustrated in F.J.B. Watson and G. Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Mailbu, 1982, no. 2, pp. 24-27).
Interestingly, various almost identically-mounted cache-pots are also known in blue and white porcelain with the same decoration as the present lot, which include a pair sold at Christie's London, 7 December 1989, lot 30, and a further single example was sold at Christie's London, 14 June 1990, lot 24.

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