Sweet scent for best of 18th century France
Briefly owned by Louis XVI, who intended them for the Louvre, this 13in (33.5cm) high pair of fine gilt-bronze-mounted kakiemon porcelain and Egyptian porphyry brûle parfums sold for £1.65m at Sotheby’s in London this week.
The pair formed part of a 250-lot collection of 18th century decorative arts removed from a town hou…