Lot 7. A pair of Regence ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain cache pots, circa 1720, the porcelain Kangxi period, circa 1662-1722; 7 ¾ in. (20 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide. Price realised GBP 27,500 (Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000). © Christie's 2022

Each with a blue and white vase flanked by pierced shell, female mask and scrolling foliage handles, surmounted by a gadrooned rim and base.

Note: A pair of lidded vases with almost identical mounts is in the J. Paul Getty Museum (72.DI.50), and is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson & G. Wilson, Mounted Oritental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1982, pp. 24-27.
A further example of a cache-pot with nearly identical mounts is illustrated by G. & R. Wannenes, Ornamental Bronze and 'Objects Montes', Milan, 2004, p. 93.

Christie's.The Collector: European and English Furniture, Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures & Works of Art, London, 13 November 2019