A rare Chantilly tea bowl and saucer

A rare Chantilly tea bowl and saucer, in the white, crisply moulded with acanthus leaves, the saucer with a stem protruding the rim, the saucer 5 1/4" diameter, circa 1735-40, no mark

Provenance; With Simon Spero
                      English Private Collection

See E and Hl Manners, Early French Soft Paste Porcelain Exhibition, February 2021, number 22, for a similar tea bowl and saucer

These rare acanthus leaf moulded Chantilly wares were the inspiration for the early Chelsea models with this decoration 

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