Pair of Wall Cabinets

Attributed to Giovanni Ermans, Rome, Italy

1760-1770

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Chinese export ware teapot with cover and stand, underglaze blue landscape design
Oval carnelian intaglio with image of swan on water
Madonna della Sedia (Madonna of the Chair), Modeled by Leonhard Posch, Eisenguß auf Messing, After an engraving by Raphael Morghen, After the original tondo (1513/14) by Raphael, cast iron on brass
Creamware teapot of hexagonal shape with a cabbage-leaf molded spout and leaf scroll handle, the side panels are embossed with Chinese figures in various pursuits, the shoulder and cover with similar molded decoration, with acorn finial, the body glazed overall with brown, yellow, blue, green and beige metallic oxides under a clear lead glaze.