China, Peking, De Cheng manufacture, second half of the 19th century.
Cloisonné enamels and chiselled and gilt bronze.
H 64 cm. (25 ¼ in.).
On the reverse of the base: stamp of the De Cheng manufacture, Peking.
Provenance : collection of Count Robert of Semallé (1849-1936), grandson of Count Jean-René-Pierre of Semallé (1772-1863), page to Louis XVI, then proxy of the Count of Artois, the future Charles X.
Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris.
