A Pair of Louis XV Gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese Celadon Porcelain Cups, Circa 1745

Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston

A Pair of Louis XV Gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese Celadon Porcelain Cups, Circa 1745

the gilt-bronze marked with the crowned C, each Chinese cup molded with lotus leaves and with everted rim, flanked at either side by a Meissen porcelain red-breasted bird; the shaped scrollwork base chased with cat tails and acanthus foliage

height 7 1/2 in.

19 cm