THE MOUNTS SECOND-HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE JAPANESE LACQUER MID-17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER JARDINIERES
THE MOUNTS SECOND-HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE JAPANESE LACQUER MID-17TH CENTURY
Each of square form with lacquer panels to each side, decorated with extensive mountainous landscapes within a rocaille C-scroll and foliate border summounted by bird finials, the whole supported on scrolling dolphin and scallop-shell feet, the interiors with bronze bases, the feet stamped 'B' and 'BB'
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.5cm.) wide and deep (2)

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Lot Essay

A pair of jardinières of closely related form featured amongst the purchases of that celebrated Regency collector George Byng (d.1845) for Wrotham Park. Acquired at auction at Oxenhams in 1836, they differed only in the frog-form of the feet and in a slightly less finely chased ciselure. These latter jardinières were sold Christie's London, 9 June 2005, lot 38 (£74,400).

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