A GARNITURE OF THREE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN VASES

THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY QIANLONG

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A GARNITURE OF THREE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN VASES
The porcelain probably qianlong
Comprising a pair of vases and one of slightly larger size, each with gadrooned collar above a waisted neck and ovoid vessel with underglaze blue, white and copper red-decorated celadon ground with birds perched amidst blossoming prunus, on foliate-cast socle and incurved square plinth, one vase with extensive restorations, the gilt-bronze mounts possibly associated
the largest: 11¾in. (30cm.) high, the pair: 11½in. (29.5cm.) high (3)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1983, lot 66

Lot Essay

Garnitures of Chinese vases enjoyed tremendous popularity in Europe from the 17th century onward, where in France they were placed on chimneypieces or on top of commodes. Similar garnitures were sold from the collection of Gaby Salomon, Sotheby's London, 17 April 1964, lot 16; from the collection of Mrs. Corinna Kavanagh, Sotheby's London, 22 November 1963, lot 11; and Sotheby's London, 17 May 1968, lot 42. Another example from the Detroit Institute of Arts is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain, 1986, pp. 108-109, no. 40.