A RARE AND MASSIVE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL BEAKER VASES

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A RARE AND MASSIVE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL BEAKER VASES
EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Each gu-shaped vase painted on the knop in underglaze blue, iron red and gilding with four accollé coat-of-arms and coronets separated by sprays of chrysanthemums, other blossoms and fruits, with fruiting and blossoming pomegranate trees, banana trees and begonia rising from rocks and a band of upright lappets on the neck and with a wild tangle of various flowers on the lower body, all within various foliate borders
39¾in. (101cm.) high, fitted wood stands (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are probably those of Vergèzes d'Aubussargues of Languedoc, and De la Perrière, Franch, Comter. For both coats-of-arms see J. B. Riestap, Armorial Général, vol. II, London, 1965, p. 989, for the first and p. 415 for the second

For another Chinese Imari beaker vase of this impressive size see the single vase in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, which bears the arms of the Regent of France, Philippe d'Orleans, illustrated by Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, col. pl. 20

Previously sold in our London rooms, March 12, 1986, lot 196