A JAPANESE ARITA PORCELAIN PERFUME FOUNTAIN WITH RÉGENCE SILVER MOUNTS, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1690; THE SILVER PARIS 1717-22

A JAPANESE ARITA PORCELAIN PERFUME FOUNTAIN WITH RÉGENCE SILVER MOUNTS

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1690; THE SILVER PARIS 1717-22

slender barrel form painted with pine branches, bamboo and prunus on white ground, the shoulders with projecting band of flowerheads and two sprigs of berries, silver bud finial rising from spreading leaves, straight gadroon rim, dolphin head spigot with acanthus rosette mount

marked with fleur-de-lys poinçon for Paris 1717-22 on spigot mount, rim of cover and finial, the spigot unmarked and of later date

height 10 1/4 in.

29 cm