A fine pair of Empire Paris porcelain gold and blue lapis jardinières, each with a removable gold rimmed white porcelain bowl, the main lapis body with a gilded resette frieze above an anthemion band between the four gilded tapering rectangular supports each headed by a ring bearing lions mask head and terminated by a lion paw foot, on a concave-sided swuared base with gilt edge and running corn-husk border Paris, date circa 1810-20 Height 21cm, diameter 22cm each. |