Rediscovered: a gift to the Sun King from Siam returns to Versailles after auction
The only known item of silverware to have survived from a lavish diplomatic gift presented to Louis XIV by the King of Siam has been acquired by the Palace of Versailles via a private treaty sale through auction firm Beaussant Lefèvre.
The rare 17th Chinese engraved and part-gilded ewer is one of 80 pieces of gold and silver present…