Large French Sevres-Style Bronze & Porcelain Bowl finely painted outside with a cartouche of Shepherd and Shepherdess signed "J.Missant," with a Landscape cartouche to the reverse and on a ground of bright green with elaborate flat & raised gilding around the cartouches, the inside with finely painted flower sprigs on a clear glaze, and the clear glazed base with crossed arrow mark, probably for Bourdois & Bloch, Paris, 1890 to early 20th Century; the bowl mouth mounted with a pierced bell-flower gallery in bronze and the bronze bottom with 4 Lion Paw Feet over a shaped platform base, attached with a center pin through the porcelain. Total height 8 inches (20.3 cm.). Diameter of Bowl 11 1/4 inches (28.5 cm.). PROVENANCE: From the Central Park West Apartment of a Professional Couple.

Light age related wear. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.