Basket and Stand

Dateca. 1780

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOL: 7 3/4 and 9 inches OH: 3 3/16" (basket) OW: 6 1/2" (basket), 8" (stand)

Credit LineGift of Murray F. Nimmo

Object number2013-138,A&B

DescriptionReticulated Chinese export porcelain oval basket and stand. Both feature interlaced openwork sides or rim and are studded at the intersections with iron-red, rose, blue, turquoise, and iron-red florets. A floral meander border circles the scalloped edge and is repeated in the center, surrounding a floral cluster and four sprigs.

ProvenanceMurray F. Nimmo

Cohen & Pearce, London, January 18, 1984