TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BEAKERS AND COVERS WITH LOUIS XV SILVER MOUNTS, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

TWO SIMILAR JAPANESE IMARI PORCELAIN BEAKERS AND COVERS WITH LOUIS XV SILVER MOUNTS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

painted with birds on branches and Chinese texts in iron red and black with gilt highlights, with matching covers, the silver rims flat-chased with scrolling foliage and flowerheads on matted ground, straight gadroon borders, the first with bud finial, marked with maker’s marknot clear and with Paris crowned bell countermark for 1726-32, the second with swirled acanthus finial, with Paris foxhead discharge mark for 1738-44

heights 5 1/2 and 5 1/4 in.

14 and 13.3 cm