THE PORCELAIN LATE MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
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A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE SMALL EWERS AND COVERS
THE PORCELAIN LATE MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Each of baluster form, the body painted with birds, fruit, flowers, and foliage, mounted with plain ring foot and spout, with engrailed neck and upper rim mount connected by double scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with hand-form finial, apparently unmarked
5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) high
THE PORCELAIN LATE MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Each of baluster form, the body painted with birds, fruit, flowers, and foliage, mounted with plain ring foot and spout, with engrailed neck and upper rim mount connected by double scroll handle, the hinged domed cover with hand-form finial, apparently unmarked
5 5⁄8 in. (14.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 67, pp. 256-257.
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