JAPANESE LACQUER WRITING DESK AND SEVRES PORCELAIN

A very beautiful Louis XV style writing desk with a tray decorated with black and gold lacquer in the Chinese style with a beautiful gilt bronze rocaille frame with foliated volutes. On the tray two Sèvres porcelain pots with their lids decorated with flowers and enhanced with fine gold. The porcelains are marked under the base in brown and date from the middle of the 18th century. They were reassembled on the writing desk in the Napoleon III period. You can note a slight crack and small restorations on the tray. The porcelains are in perfect condition. Napoleon III period, Circa: 1860 Dim: W:44cm, D:32cm, H:9cm.