PERIOD: 18th century
CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL WINE COOLER the cylindrical body painted on the front and reverse in underglaze-blue and gold with the Royal Arms of France as borne by Louis XV encircled by the collars of the Orders of Saint-Michel and Saint-Esprit interrupting a floral-scroll border around the rim, the sides applied with grotesque-mask handles flanked by a branch of prunus blossoms and pomegranates and a gourd in a dish supported by a lotus sprig repeated on the interior beneath a diaper border around the rim.
PRIX: $50000