Lot 65
65
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLUE PORCELAIN PEACOCKS, each with tail feathers up and seated on a naturalistic base, the lid with foliate knob, on oval pierced base cast with acanthus scrolls and flowerheads, one lacking ormolu head-feathers, with chips to tails and beaks, one with repair to lid, the porcelain Kangxi

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLUE PORCELAIN PEACOCKS, each with tail feathers up and seated on a naturalistic base, the lid with foliate knob, on oval pierced base cast with acanthus scrolls and flowerheads, one lacking ormolu head-feathers, with chips to tails and beaks, one with repair to lid, the porcelain Kangxi
9½in. (24cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of identical pot-pourri vases but with French late 18th Century mounts in the Royal Collection were recently included in the Carlton House exhibition (Exhibition Catalogue, Carlton House, The Past Glories of George IV's Palace, Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1991-92, p.106, fig.60). These may have been the 2 Cocqs Pots Pourrys incorrectly described as Porcelaine du Japon bought in Paris in May 1820 by Benois for 350 francs. These were sent three months later from Buckingham Palace to the Brighton Pavilion

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