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Lot Essay
The highly sculptural, mermaid-form handles to these vases echo the grandeur of Baroque sculpture, and make this lot particularly desirable and rare. Only a handful of identical, or very similar, works are known today;
- a pair in celadon porcelain sold from the collection of Mme. C. Lelong, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1 May 1903, lot 212
- another celadon pair in a Swiss private collection, sold Christie's, Paris, 16 May 2017, lot 40
- a pair illustrated in D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europaïschen Fassungen, Wurzburg, 1980, p. 332, fig. 322
- a pair sold Palais Galliéra, Paris, 7 June 1974, lot 47
- a pair sold Christie’s, Monaco, 5 December 1992, lot 79
The Musée du Louvre and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris also hold Chinese famille verte porcelain vases with this type of handles in their collection; the Louvre pair hailing from the French Royal Collections at the Palais des Tuileries (inv. OA 5492), while the other example entered the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (inv. 21001) as part of the Pannier donation in 1918. A grey celadon pair is preserved in the British Royal Collections, acquired by George IV and now placed in the King’s Drawing Room at Windsor Castle (RCIN 39203).
- a pair in celadon porcelain sold from the collection of Mme. C. Lelong, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1 May 1903, lot 212
- another celadon pair in a Swiss private collection, sold Christie's, Paris, 16 May 2017, lot 40
- a pair illustrated in D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europaïschen Fassungen, Wurzburg, 1980, p. 332, fig. 322
- a pair sold Palais Galliéra, Paris, 7 June 1974, lot 47
- a pair sold Christie’s, Monaco, 5 December 1992, lot 79
The Musée du Louvre and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris also hold Chinese famille verte porcelain vases with this type of handles in their collection; the Louvre pair hailing from the French Royal Collections at the Palais des Tuileries (inv. OA 5492), while the other example entered the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (inv. 21001) as part of the Pannier donation in 1918. A grey celadon pair is preserved in the British Royal Collections, acquired by George IV and now placed in the King’s Drawing Room at Windsor Castle (RCIN 39203).