A pair of ormolu-mounted Chinese pâte-sur-pâte celadon ground jardinières. Second half 19th century

A pair of ormolu-mounted Chinese pâte-sur-pâte celadon ground jardinières. Second half 19th century

Each with laurel-cast rim above a tapering body decorated with floral sprays and birds and applied with a pair of rope-twist handles, on laurel-cast foot and pierced octagonal base. 17¾ in. (45 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) diameter (2). Estimate£10,000 - £15,000 - Price Realized £17,500

Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1996, lot 209.
With Partridge, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Christie's. Le Grand Goût- A Private European Collection. 17 June 2009. London, King Street www.christies.com