A RARE 'IMARI' BIDET WITH THE ROYAL FRANCH COAT-OF-ARMS

Circa 1720-25 AD
China

The porcelain bidet is painted in a ‘rose-imari’ palette - with baskets of fruit, lotus flowers and chrysanthemums alternating with circular panels containing symbolic fans. The flattened rim is decorated with rouge-de-fer and gilt floral scroll work, and the exterior with the coat-of-arms (those of King Louis XV of France) encircled by the Orders of Saint-Michael and Saint-Esprit to either end.

Length: 20.75” / 52.5 cm
Width: 12.25” / 31 cm
Height: 5.75” / 15.5 cm