A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND FRENCH PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE ENCRIER

CIRCA 1750, THE CHINESE PORCELAIN EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND FRENCH PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE ENCRIER
Circa 1750, the Chinese porcelain early 18th Century
The central inkwell supported by a shaped galleried platform issuing floral sprays with Chantilly and Vincennes porcelain flowerheads flanked by crouching monkeys, each holding further wells with pierced foliate covers and flanked by leafy plants, on a shaped asymmetrical base with gadrooned edge and foliate-cast gourd feet, the top inkwell originally probably deeper and with a further finial
9in. (23in.) wide

Provenance

Acquired from Alexander & Berendt, London, 1971.

Lot Essay

The great marchand-bijoutier Lazare Duvaux mentions monkeys, described as terre des indes several times in his Livre Journal. On 11 December 1750, he sold to the Marquise de Pompadour deux singes de terre des Indes, 96 livres, whilst on 1 October 1751 he supplied the duc de Tallard with un singe de terre des Indes ancienne, de 96 livres. A similar pair of Chinese porcelain monkeys with Louis XV ormolu mounts, sold from the collection of Baron Leonino, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 18-19 March 1937, lot 170 is illustrated in 'Mounted Oriental Porcelain', Exhibition Catalogue, 1986, pp 80-81, No. 26.

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