拍品 172
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL

GREEN PRINTED UPPERCASE MARK AND A, CIRCA 1896

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL
GREEN PRINTED UPPERCASE MARK AND A, CIRCA 1896
Modelled after the Sèvres form 'Vase á Bâtons Rompus', with oak knop finial, the spiral gadrooned neck flanked by angular S-curved handles suspending oak garlands attached by rings at the shoulder, the bulbous body set with a white enamelled circular dial, headed by a trophy, the back with a Classical mask within a sunburst, above a waisted fluted socle and shaped foot, the column moulded with four scantily clad nymphs at the capitol and base, the upper mid-section moulded and gilt with tassels above further spiral gadrooning edged by rosettes, the lower section with vertical panels of flowers, on a giltwood stand carved with scrolling acanthus leaves
74 in. (188 cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

See Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London 1988, Vol. I, pp. 245-253 for a detailed discussion on this vase form thought to have been designed in the mid-18th century by either Etienne-Maurice Falconet or Claude Duplessis père. For similar examples to the present lot compare, anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 31 March 2000, lot 162; and an anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1 November 2001, lot 120. Also see Arnold Mondadori ed., La Manifattura Richard-Ginori di Doccia, Milano, 1988, fig. 80 for a similarly moulded nymph as the handle of a bowl.