A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BISCUIT MODELS OF CROUCHING TOADS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BISCUIT MODELS OF CROUCHING TOADS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Each looking directly forwards, with beady eyes and pierced nostrils, with French ormolu fronds spewing from their open mouths
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Giuseppe Rossi Antichita, Turin, where acquired, 3 April 1965.

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