Inkwell
Painted hard porcelain enhanced with gilding
Dimensions : H. 7 ; D. 11 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1800
A very fine porcelain inkwell with gilt decoration of rhomboid friezes of navette medallions containing radiating palmettes and a frieze of arabesques on a dark nankin background. To be compared with a suite of cups that we are also offering for sale.
Condition report: wear to the gilding