A large gilt-bronze mounted Chinese export famille rose porcelain centerpiece Paris, late 19th century

the bowl painted with a river landscape to the center within foliate and cloud borders, the exterior painted with reserved of river landscapes on a cobalt blue ground and flanked by foliate handles raised on dolphin-form supports.

The bowel in good condition with no cracks or restoration but with losses to gilt-highlighted decoration and some defaults to the blue glaze around the reserves consistent with firing; the gilt-bronze mounts well cast and chased but with dirt and tarnishing.
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