DETAILS
Two antique Chinese Export oval salt cellars, made for the British market and its colonies and imported by the East India Company. One decorated with a reserve of river landscape in monochrome (en camaieu) and one with a monogram.
STYLE
Chinese Export
COLOR(S)
Cobalt, gold, white
MARKS
Unmarked
PERIOD
Qianlong period (1736-95) | Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) | Late 18th century
DATE
Circa 1790
DIMENSIONS
(1) Width 3.75 Depth 3 Height 1.5 inches
(1) Width 3.5 Depth 2.75 Height 1.5 inches
CONDITION
Note: (1) as found with chips.