19TH CENTURY
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A Canton famille rose bough-pot and cover
19th Century
Of square octagonal shape, the slightly tapering sides supported on a splayed stepped foot, the four main sides enamelled with vertical scroll panels alternately enclosing butterflies and birds among fruit and roses and figure scenes, reserved on a gilt ground painted with dense scrolling foliage and decorated in relief with berries, tassels and small fo-dogs, applied on two sides with twisted-rope handles, the domed cover pierced with five apertures
22.2 cm high
19th Century
Of square octagonal shape, the slightly tapering sides supported on a splayed stepped foot, the four main sides enamelled with vertical scroll panels alternately enclosing butterflies and birds among fruit and roses and figure scenes, reserved on a gilt ground painted with dense scrolling foliage and decorated in relief with berries, tassels and small fo-dogs, applied on two sides with twisted-rope handles, the domed cover pierced with five apertures
22.2 cm high
Sale room notice
Very small restoration to the rim of the cover.