THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MID-18TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY BY JEAN-CLAUDE DUPLESSIS, THE PORCELAIN BODIES REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND PROBABLY EUROPEAN

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE PORCELAIN VASES
THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MID-18TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY BY JEAN-CLAUDE DUPLESSIS, THE PORCELAIN BODIES REPLACED IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND PROBABLY EUROPEAN
Each of rouleau shape, with waved foliate and scrolled pierced collars, the bases joined by bifurcated handles cast with fruiting branches and foliate scrolls issuing from a trunk, on a moulded base decorated with foliate rockwork, pendant husks, naturalistic rockwork and spreading feet, with painted inventory number '292' and '294', one with a label inscribed '144', one vase with a repaired neck
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep (2)

來源

Probably the marquis de Castellane, Paris.

注意事項

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拍品專文

A very similarly mounted pair of vases, their gilt-bronze mounts attributed to the bronzier Jean-Claude Duplessis is in the Frick Collection in New York (T. Dell, The Frick Collection, VI, Furniture and Gilt Bronzes, 1992, pp. 309-314).

Jean-Claude-Thomas Chambellan-Duplessis (d.1773) was the son of the sculptor, bronzier and artistic director of the Vincennes-Sèvres Manufactory. From 1752, he assisted his father in creating models. On 12 June 1765 he became maître fondeur en terre et sable, having, as was customary at the time mastered the disciplines of drawing and sculpture. The 1777 Almanach des Artistes described him as a bon dessinateur, travaille d'après ses dessins. He became the appointed bronzier to the Sèvres Manufactory and was replaced after his death by Pierre-Philippe Thomire.

Boniface-Marie-Ernest-Paul, called Boni de Castellane (1867-1932) married Anna Gould, daughter of the railways mogul, in 1895. They commissioned the architect Ernest Sanson to build the Palais Rose, directly inspired by the Grand Trianon at Versailles and it was in these sumptuous belle épogue surroundings that their collection was housed.