A Restauration ormolu-mounted Chinese Porcelain Ewer circa 1820-30

the bulbous body with tall slender neck fitted with an ormolu border and a curved ormolu handle cast as a branch incorporating leaf tips, the cylindrical base fitted with a milles-raies plinth; the ewer decorated with dragons, phoenix birds and Chinese character inscriptions in red and gilt on a white ground.  Restorations.



With label Collection André Meyer/Paris 1970 and typed SMP 8.

Collection of André Meyer, Christie's, New York, May 12, 2002, lot 477.