A rare painted enamel ewer and barber's bowl for the Portuguese market, 18th century

A rare painted enamel ewer and barber's bowl for the Portuguese market, 18th century
18th century
The oval bowl finely painted into the well with mandarin ducks floating on a lotus pond, the cavetto with shaped cartouches containing floral sprays, the everted rim with further colourful floral scrolls interspersed with bold butterflies, the exterior with grapevines, 41cm (16 1/4in) wide; the nautilus-shell-shaped ewer brightly painted around the body with shaped panels enclosing lotus pond and ducks, floral sprays, and butterflies, reserved on a stylised leafy ground, applied to the side with a large strapwork handle and all supported on a similarly-decorated tall spreading foot, 27cm (10 1/2in) high. (2).