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CIRCA 1870
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A PAIR OF FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND ENAMELLED CERAMIC TRAYS
CIRCA 1870
Each diamond-shaped tray with ormolu border edged with cloud motifs and flanked to each side with lingzhi-form handles decorated with bamboo and cherry blossoms, one tray finely enamelled with a tit bird among lotus and flowering brush against a yellow-ground lakeside landscape, the other centred by a scene of figures dining beside a lake framed within a gilt cartouche and surrounded by pachworrk scenes of further waterscapes and floral motifs against a cream ground
1 ½ in. (4 cm.) high; 18 ¾ in. (47 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1870
Each diamond-shaped tray with ormolu border edged with cloud motifs and flanked to each side with lingzhi-form handles decorated with bamboo and cherry blossoms, one tray finely enamelled with a tit bird among lotus and flowering brush against a yellow-ground lakeside landscape, the other centred by a scene of figures dining beside a lake framed within a gilt cartouche and surrounded by pachworrk scenes of further waterscapes and floral motifs against a cream ground
1 ½ in. (4 cm.) high; 18 ¾ in. (47 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
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