A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN POT-POURRI
MID-18TH CENTURY
With a model of a seated Chinese boy holding a basket filled with fish, on an ormolu pierced rocaille base issuing branches mounted with porcelain flowers, supporting a pomegranate box and cover
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The Meissen model of a Chinese boy is after an engraving by Gabriel Huquier Chinois assis et Chinoise portant un poisson from the series Scènes de la vie chinoise, after François Boucher.

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