PAIR OF COVERED POTS MOUNTED IN SILVER The Chinese porcelain pots with Imari of a bird on a branch and flowers, a series of Chinese characters Kangxi period. Silver-mounted foot, rim engraved with leafy cartouches with leafy cartouches, openwork ajourée. Paris, 1734. Master goldsmith's hallmark attributed to to Charles-Jean-Baptiste Clérin (active in Paris between 1732 and 1756) Early 18th century Height: 13.5 cm - Diameter: 8.3 cm (Minor accidents, small visible chips) PROVENANCE - Collection of Lady Page-Turner (1825 - 1902), née Mary Ann Otway. - Her sale after death at Christie, Manson & Wodds, London, 20 February 1903, lot n°37. - Another later sale not found ("A pair of Japanese cylindrical bowls (...) From Lady Page Turner's Collection 1903) acquired there. - French private collection.