A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN COVERED POTS WITH LOUIS XV SILVER MOUNTS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN COVERED POTS WITH LOUIS XV SILVER MOUNTS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

the bodies and covers painted with gilt and red tendrils enclosing fans, phoenix birds and peonies in underglaze red and blue, the silver rims flat-chased with scrolling foliage and diaper on matted grounds matched on cover caps, bud finials, the borders of deeply chased guilloche, with openwork silver straps of trailing flowers parting from a shell-headed cartouche, fitted with pewter inner covers for use as tobacco jars

marked with French countermark for Paris, 1726-32 on bases, cover rims, and tops

height 7 1/4 in.; 18.5 cm