Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Decorative Arts inset with a Sevres porcelain

inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait plaque

shortly after the provisions of the amended charter of the previous year had given a share in the work of the Academy to those of that rank

between the bands are twin panels on inlaid silver scrolling foliage

The convex base bearing an incised four-character mark for Wang Bingrong

Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Decorative Arts inset with a Sevres porcelainSOLD A very rare, large, antique French Louis XVI carved gilt wood jardinire stand, modeled as a greyhound dog, circa 1780. This very rare survivor is finely carved in pine, and gesso and water gilded with gold leaf, the stand has the original circular zinc liner, above the dog's head is a circular stand with a carved arcaded lunette shaped gallery with a carved acanthus leaf support. The dog is very realistically carved and displays seated bolt