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Lot 352*

An unusual pair of Export commode-shaped bulb pots
18th century

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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An unusual pair of Export commode-shaped bulb pots

18th century
Each modelled as a bombé commode, modelled with two short drawers and two long drawers, the sides with shaped moulded cartouches, the tops with five apertures, enamelled in blue and iron-red with gilded details.
21.8cm (8½in) wide (2).

Footnotes

Compare a similar commode shaped flower vessel, enamelled in lavender blue and gilt, attributed to mid-Qianlong period, from the J.Kugel collection, Paris, illustrated in M.Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, Catalogue no.107, where the author notes that the form was inspired by Southern French faince of Montpellier and Moustiers (factory of Ferrat).

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