A pair of triple gourd famille verte porcelain ewers

A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze-mounted Chinese
famille verte porcelain ewers
 circa 1750-1755

The porcelain Kangxi Period (1662-1722)

 

Height: 31 cm. (12 ¼ in.)     Width: 16 cm. (6 ¼ in.)     Depth: 15 cm. (6 in.)

 

Provenance

Galerie Steinitz, Paris

Sold Sotheby’s New York, 20 May 2010, lot 27

 

Comparative Literature

A virtually identical pair  formerly in the collection of Baron Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, is in the Lesley and Emma Sheafer Bequest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1974.356.227 and 228).