A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS VASE AND COVER (URNE 'POMPADOUR', 4EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1752, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK

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A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS VASE AND COVER (URNE 'POMPADOUR', 4EME GRANDEUR)
Circa 1752, blue interlaced L's mark
Of baluster form with flower finial, gilt with shaped panels of birds in flight reserved against the blue ground within gilt cisel trellis cartouches linked with flower garlands
7.7/8in. (20cm.) high

Literature

Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. I, p. 132, footnote.

Sir John Plumb, "The Intrigue of Svres", House and Garden, January 1986, p.44, illus.

Lot Essay

Although the vase 'Pompadour' was made in four sizes after a design by Jean-Claude Duplessis pre, only the two smaller sizes were made without a pierced shoulder for potpourri.

Cf. Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Svres Porcelain, London, 1988, vol. I, pp. 127-135 for a detailed discussion of the model and known variations in its design.

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