THE PORCELAIN KANGXI (1662-1722), THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MATCHING AND 19TH CENTURY

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A NEAR PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN VASES
The porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the ormolu mounts matching and 19th Century
Of square tapering form, one decorated with courtly figures and warriors, the other with landscapes and dragons, the circular neck with circulated rim, the body framed by vigorous channelled foliage, on a scrolling base with chanelled scrolling legs
23¼ in. (59 cm.) and 22½ in. (57 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The channelled scrolling ormolu mounts of these vases are related to those on a pair of ormolu-mounted rouleau vases, previously in the J. Paul Getty Museum, which are illustrated in F. Watson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain, Washington, 1986, p. 116 and fig. 44, which were subsequently sold at Christie's New York, 31 October 1996, lot 318 ($ 42,000). A further pair of similary mounted Berlin porcelain vases, signed BORMANN TO THE MOUNTS, WAS SOLD AT SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 3 NOVEMBER 1976, WHICH RAISES THE POSSIBLY THAT THESE MOUNTS ARE GERMAN AND POSSIBLY BY THE SAME MAKER.

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