A Louis Xv Silver-Gilt Mounted Imari Porcelain Bowl and Cover

On circular foot with reed-and-tie border, the Imari bowl decorated with red and gold flowers interspersed with blue reserves held by two openwork foliate handles decorated with crayfish and vegetables, the cover with reed-and-tie border, the handle formed as a cabbage and root vegetables, marked on foot-rim: charge, date-letter (X), maker, decharge and countermark for 1738-1744; on cover: trace of decharge and countermark for 1738-1744

Estimate:£10,000

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