A ‘BLUE AND WHITE’ BOWL AND COVER WITH SILVER MOUNT

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A ‘BLUE AND WHITE’ BOWL AND COVER WITH SILVER MOUNT
the bowl Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century; the mount probably Dutch, first half of the 18th century
9,4 cm high
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 3264.

The bowl with rounded walls and everted rim, the cover shaped as an upside down bowl with low circular handle, the outer surface of both the parts with four ruyi-head lobed cartouches enclosed by stylized lotus scrolls, two of them with figures in the landscape, the other two with floral compositions, the thin silver mount reinforcing the foot of the bowl, the rim and the handle of the cover.