Vintage Japanese / Oriental style ceramic Monteith, wine cooler, punch bowl, hand painted birds, butterflies and water lilies

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This beautiful monteith is oriental in style and is decorated with depictions of birds, butterflies and water lilies. On each end of the monteith, there is also a lion head holding a ring in its mouth - a nod to the popular ringed handles on many antique silver monteiths.

This particular monteith is ceramic and is believed to date from the later half of the 20th Century. It is hand finished and carries the makers stamp and also some hand painted symbols.

Monteiths were designed to hold ice, iced water or punch, hence the water lilies depicted on the inside of the bowl. These water lilies come to life in the water as the ice melts or as the punch was consumed. The undulating rim of the montieth can be used to hold wine bottles in place or to secure wine glasses. They can also be used as punch bowls with the glasses hung outside the bowl.

It comfortably holds 4 litres in liquid capacity and measures approximately 15cm total height from the table up to the apex of the peaks. It is approximately 23cm wide across the widest width dimension and measures approximately 30cm in length across the longest dimension on the rim of the bowl.

This listing is for the ceramic monteith bowl only. All other items in the photographs are for display or size comparison purposes only and are not included.

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