Estimate

1.500 - 2.000

Session 1

16 December 2025

Hammer Price

Description

Moulded after Rococo models, with two lateral handles and raised on four scroll feet
Cover moulded in the form of an inverted leaf, with the stem curled to form the handle
With moulded relief decoration painted in underglaze blue with floral compositions
Qianlong period (1735-1796)
(cover restored; handles with minor restorations)

28x31,5x20 cm

Additional Information

This form, frequently inspired by European silver models, was widely appreciated in 18th-century Western markets and reproduced in various European factories, such as Delft and Höchst.

Literature:
David Howard e John Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, Londres, 1978, il. 571
Michel Beurdeley, Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, Londres, 1962, pp. 52-53, figs. 23-24