THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, THE ORMOLU LATER
Details
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN
The porcelain circa 1750, the ormolu later
The celadon baluster vase with crackle glaze and mounted with an ormolu hinged cover and satyr mask spout on a raised platform before gilt-bronze branches fitted with porcelain flowerheads above and ormolu base cast as foliate scrolls centering an urn spilling water and fitted with two Meissen figure groups of finches feeding their young
12in. (30.5cm.) high
The porcelain circa 1750, the ormolu later
The celadon baluster vase with crackle glaze and mounted with an ormolu hinged cover and satyr mask spout on a raised platform before gilt-bronze branches fitted with porcelain flowerheads above and ormolu base cast as foliate scrolls centering an urn spilling water and fitted with two Meissen figure groups of finches feeding their young
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Provenance
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 8 June 1979, lot 128