A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES APPLE-GREEN SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN VASES

CIRCA 1770, EACH BASE STAMPED W OR M

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES APPLE-GREEN SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN VASES
Circa 1770, each base stamped W or M
Each of of ovoid form with reeded body set at the lip with a fluted leaf-sheathed mount hung to either side with a leafy seed cluster, each side set with a pierced fluted angluar handle with pendant husks and hung front and back with laurel and berry swags, on a waisted flaring fluted guilloche foot with laurel and berry torus edge, on a square base
11in. (28cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

The shape of this type of porcelain vase is based on a Chinese form, usually with a céladon glaze, that was available in Europe from the early 18th century and equally set in ormolu-mounts, though usually of rococo conception. Examples of such vases are found in the Jones Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum (illustrated Apollo, February 1957, p. 63), at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection. Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronze, Fribourg, 1974, Vol. II, no. 209, pp. 776-77) and formerly in the Wrightsman Collection, sold from the Palm Beach residence of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1984, lot 136 ($101,500).

This pair of vases is reminiscent of the suite of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Sèvres appple-Green porcelain pot-pourri vases and covers sold by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lots 36-38, particularly the shared laurel and berry torus foot.