A RARE PAIR OF GILT AND GRISAILLE EUROPEAN-SHAPED PISTOL-HANDLED URNS AND COVERS Late Qianlong/Jiaqing period, circa 1795-1810 Modeled in purely European Neo-classical style and relief molded on both sides with a vertical oval gilt cartouche with a grisaille harbor scene above a gilt swag of laurel hanging from two upright handles simulating the grips on eighteenth century pistols, all standing on a square pedestal base, the shallowly domed gilt-rimmed cover with a bud finial. 16 1/2in (42cm) high (2). Footnotes: 乾隆晚期/嘉慶時期 約 1795-1810 年 墨彩描金開光歐式槍把耳蓋墰一對 Published Cohen & Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Gent, 2014, p. 60, no. 47 出版： 倫敦 Cohen & Cohen 古董行，《A Game of Bowls》，根特，2014 年，頁 60，圖版編號 47 Like the blue-enameled vases (lot 39 in this sale) these are clearly based on classical urns forms that were popularized during the Italian renaissance and later disseminated around Europe. The Wedgwood factory in England used this model and they were also to be found in Marieberg and Rorstrand in Sweden and later in France, being particularly popular at Sevres. The Chinese versions of this design can be found in a wide variety of forms, with differing handles and covers, most have swags decoration and stand on square form bases usually painted to imitate porphyry or marble. References: Grandjean, 1965, cat. 143, fig. 128, a single urn; Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by Howard & Ayers, 1978, pp. 556-557, two urns; Howard 1994, no. 291, p. 245, a pair; Beurdeley 1962, p. 67, an urn of this shape with the 'urn mysterieuse' pattern; Cohen & Cohen, 2000, no. 28, p. 38, a pair with the monogram of Gustav L. Sifwertson. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價。 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: W ¤ W Lot is oversized or otherwise such that it must be collected from our designated warehouse. Please refer to the Offsite Sold Property Storage section of the Buyer's Guide for details. ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing