Pair of Doré Bronze Mounted Chinese Porcelain Rooster Red Ground Covered Jars

Product Description

A fabulous and large pair of 19th century Louis XVI style doré bronze mounted Chinese porcelain rooster red ground covered jars/covered vases. The porcelain is of a red ground with hand painted enamel decorations of Chinese roosters, parrots, flowers, scrolls, peonies, chrysanthemum, and vines on a gorgeous red ground.

The porcelain is from China from the early 1800s and the porcelain was shipped to Paris in the 1800s to be Mounted on doré bronze mounts. The doré bronze mounts are beautifully cast, hand-chased and hand-chiseled to perfection. The bases are rounded in acanthus leaf form and the tops are mounted on circular doré bronze mounts with an acanthus finial a top each porcelain cover.
China/ Paris, circa 1850.

Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)
Diameter: 10 in (25.4 cm)