A Louis XV gilt-bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain vase ‘Choiseul’, circa 1763-1765, the mounts probably after a drawing by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis

of low, oval bowl form, moulded with gadroons below an everted rim, supported on a pedestal foot with a row of 'pearls' around the top, painted with grey and light brown veining to imitate marble, the gilt-bronze handles formed as pairs of ribbon-bound entwined snakes, on a square gilt-bronze base incorporating a guilloche frieze border

Height. 12 in, width. 17 in, depth. 10 in; Haut. 30 cm, larg. 43 cm, prof. 25,5 cm