AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY, SIGNED UNDER THE BASE 'FECIT A.D.' AND WITH ENGRAVED INVENTORY NUMBER '1461'

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TANKARD
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY, SIGNED UNDER THE BASE 'FECIT A.D.' AND WITH ENGRAVED INVENTORY NUMBER '1461'
The cylindrical body and domed cover painted with birds stylized as medallions, the thumbpiece molded as a leafy mask, the double-scroll handle molded with a satyr mask and bird's head, the foot chased with shells, partial Sotheby's label to underside
10 ½ in. (27 cm.) wide, over handle
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. 62, pp. 246-247.

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