A rare Chinese famille rose helmet-shaped ewer and shell-shaped basin Yongzheng c.1730
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Description
A rare Chinese famille rose helmet-shaped ewer and shell-shaped basin Yongzheng c.1730, the ewer with an elaborate strap handle and fluted body, raised on a knopped pedestal, all decorated with cockerels and flowers within pink cell borders, both with restoration, 38cm. (2)
Cf. D Howard and J Ayers, China for the West, Volume 1, p.144, fig.125 for a related example of this form.
