TWO RARE 'FAMILLE-ROSE' AND GILT 'SHELL-FORM' WASHERS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

each naturalistically modelled and enamelled to simulate a shell, raised on three short feet

This rare pair of shells are in very good condition with the exception of a minute nick to the base of one foot and very minor rubbing to the gilding on one.
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For similar porcelain shell forms, see Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p.405.