THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1755, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI (1661-1722)

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZE CELADON PORCELAIN VASES
The mounts circa 1755, the porcelain Kangxi (1661-1722)
The baluster-shaped bodies with grey crackle-glaze and archaistic bands, the sides with Buddhistic lions wrapped with upspringing berried acanthus and issuing from its scrolled base twin, pierced, foliate-wrapped scroll handles joined by a waved, chanelled acanthus-cast collar with scrolled motif centered by a scallop-shell, the ribbon-tied reeded collar above a waved, chanelled acanthus-wrapped base and scrolled feet, the handles possibly originally with a further mount linking it to the base, the archaistic bands with traces of gilding
19¼in. (49cm.) high, 11¾in. (30cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

D.D. Strathos, sold Me. Baussy, Cannes, 24-25 September 1962, lot 116.

Literature

P. Kjellberg, Le Meuble Français, Paris, 1991, p.243, fig.285.

Special notice

This lot has no reserve.

Lot Essay

Undoubtedly executed under the direction of a marchand-mercier such as Lazare Duvaux, with their bold, sculptural mounts these vases are of similar chracter to the oeuvre of Jean-Claude Duplessis (1695-1774). Appointed orfèvre du roi, Duplessis worked for both Madame de Pompadour and Jean-François Oeben, amongst others.

A pair of vases of similar form from the Grog-Carven Bequest is now in the Musée du Louvre (illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés, Paris, 1989, p.123, fig.159).

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