A gilt-bronze and porcelain Chinoiserie inkwell Print Late 19th/early 20th century, French, surmounted by a porcelain laughing Buddha set behind a blue-glazed porcelain inkwell topped by a floriform finial, the inkwell raised on a branch-form support issuing four porcelain flowers, raised over a gilt-bronze serpentine rocaille base, on rocaille bracket feet, 5.125'' H x 10'' W x 6.75'' D, Provenance: Private Collection, Laguna Beach, CA. Condition: Overall good condition, with scattered scratches, wear, darkening to gilt bronze and dust accumulation commensurate with age and use. Buddha with an approximately 3''-long firing crack to body. An approximately .25'' x .25'' loss to one petal of one flower. An approximately .125'' x .25'' loss to glaze of inkwell. Inkwell lacking liner.
A gilt-bronze and porcelain Chinoiserie inkwell Print Late 19th/early 20th century, French, surmounted by a porcelain laughing Buddha set behind a blue-glazed porcelain inkwell topped by a floriform finial, the inkwell raised on a branch-form support issuing four porcelain flowers, raised over a gilt-bronze serpentine rocaille base, on rocaille bracket feet, 5.125'' H x 10'' W x 6.75'' D, Provenance: Private Collection, Laguna Beach, CA. Condition: Overall good condition, with scattered scratches, wear, darkening to gilt bronze and dust accumulation commensurate with age and use. Buddha with an approximately 3''-long firing crack to body. An approximately .25'' x .25'' loss to one petal of one flower. An approximately .125'' x .25'' loss to glaze of inkwell. Inkwell lacking liner.
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