A pair of Louis XV Chinese polychrome porcelain pot-pourri vases

A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze-mounted Chinese polychrome porcelain pot-pourri vases
 circa 1745-1750

The porcelain Kangxi Period (1662-1722) 

Height: 37 cm. (14 ½ in.)    Width: 35 cm. (13 ¾ in.)

Provenance :

Galerie Steinitz, illustrated in their 2006 catalogue, pp. 224-229

Comparative literature :
Porcelain vases with identical mounts include:
– A Japanese Arita pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 1979.396.3a, b), formerly in the Wrightsman Collection and reproduced in F. J. B.              Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966, vol. 2, pp. 442-443, no. 249 A-B.
– A pair in the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris.