A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MASSIVE BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS

QIANLONG, ON GEORGE II STYLE GILTWOOD STANDS

Details

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE MASSIVE BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
Qianlong, on George II style giltwood stands
Each of baluster form and with a domed cover with a fu-dog finial, the vase decorated with reserves of baskets of flowers hung from flowering trees on a dark blue and gilt, on George III style giltwood stands carved with rocaille and scrolling legs, both covers with labels LOAN 4-B BARONESS BURTON., the vases with labels LOAN 4-A and typed labels 'Lent by Baroness Burton', both vases with two paper labels R and one with paper label inscribed in ink Entailed, one stand with typed label 'Lent by Baroness Burton'.
59in. (150cm.) high, overall (2)

Provenance

Baroness Burton, Chesterfield House, London
Lord Macalpine of West Green, West Green House, Hampshire, sold Sotheby's house sale, 16 May 1990, lot 892

Literature

C.S. Sykes, Private Palaces: Life in the Great London houses, London, 1985, p. 123, (illustrated in situ at the top of the main staircase of Chesterfield House)

Lot Essay

In the early 20th Century, these vases were owned by Baroness Burton, a leading English collector of porcelain and French furniture. She and her husband were the then owners of Chesterfield House, the superb rococo palace built from 1746 for 1st Lord Chesterfield by Isaac Ware. A series of photographs of its famous interiors were taken by Bedford Lemare circa 1910 shown them overflowing with Lady Burton's collection, including these vases on the landing at the top of the stairs.
A second pair of massive famille rose vases, of this size, on exactly the same type of stand and also from Baroness Burton's collection, were sold in these Rooms, 20-21 March 1997, lot 434.