A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL COVERED JARS WITH RÉGENCE SILVER MOUNTS, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1700; THE SILVER PARIS, 1722-27

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE PORCELAIN CYLINDRICAL COVERED JARS WITH RÉGENCE SILVER MOUNTS

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1700; THE SILVER PARIS, 1722-27

painted with birds on flowering branches, with borders of flowerheads on spotted green ground, the silver rims flat-chased with a pair of swans and other birds and houses surrounded by flowering branches on matted ground, fitted with pewter inner covers

marked on rims of bodies and covers with Saint Esprit discharge for small work

height 7 1/4 in.

18.5 cm