PAIRE DE POTS COUVERTS MONTÉS D'ARGENT Les pots en porcelaine de Chine à d

PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED COVERED POTS The Chinese porcelain pots are decorated with
Imari of a bird on a branch and flowers, a series of Chinese characters from the Kangxi period.
Silver mounting at the foot, rim engraved with leafy cartouches, openwork top.
Paris, 1734. Master goldsmith's hallmark attributed to Charles-Jean-Baptiste Clérin (active in Paris between 1732 and 1756).
Early 18th century.
Height: 13.5 cm - Diameter: 8.3 cm
(Slight accidents, small visible missing parts)

PROVENANCE
- Collection of Lady Page-Turner (1825 - 1902), née Mary Ann Otway.
- Her sale after death at Christie
Manson &| Wodds, London, February 20, 1903, lot no. 37.
- Further sale not found ("A pair of Japanese cylindrical bowls (...) From Lady
Page Turner's Collection 1903) acquired.
- French private collection.