Covered Dish

This is a very rare lidded dish most likely for sugar made by Chantilly in the 1730s. The lid and main body are made of soft paste porcelain with a tin glaze (to make it appear whiter to be closer to the milky white porcelain for the Arita area in Japan ) and hand painted using their famous and amazing enamel colors. The piece is hand painted in the Japanese Kakiemon palette colors with silver mounts. Both pieces have an all around scene including two herons / cranes as well as some typical flowers common to porcelain of this style. The lid has a cute little turquoise finial. The porcelain from this maker and period is as good as it gets for me - nothing better really out there. The main body is in perfect condition ( the uneven top rim edge is the way it was made) and the lid has a tight hard to spot hairline to the center as shown that does not go through to either side. Some of those stray dark marks are some sort of old residue I have been cleaning but need to do a bit more. It does come off. The silver mounts have oxidized over time and could use a polishing though I like it the way it is. All in all something very special that one rarely if ever gets to see outside of museums. The pot and lid are 3 inches tall with a diameter of 4 inches. The piece is marked underneath with their red hunting horn as shown. Please email me for more information or other pictures.