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Lot Essay
This elegant and jewel-like tazza is a superb example of the most precious late 18th Century objets de luxe favoured by connoisseur collectors such as the Duc d'Aumont (1709-1782), who commissioned a related ormolu-enriched jasper tazza from bronzier Pierre Gouthière circa 1774-1775. This tazza was subsequently acquired by Marie-Antoinette who placed it in her boudoir, and is now in the Wallace Collection, London (F292).
Closely related objets montés include the celebrated pair of ormolu and jade tazzae, supplied in 1786 by the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, to Marie Léopoldine Pálffy d'Erdöd (1729-1794), known as Princess Kinsky, and now in the Musée du Louvre. A further comparable pair dated circa 1785 is in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (A. Sassoon & G. Wilson, Decorative Arts, A Handbook of the Collections of The J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1986, p.96, fig.207).
Closely related objets montés include the celebrated pair of ormolu and jade tazzae, supplied in 1786 by the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, to Marie Léopoldine Pálffy d'Erdöd (1729-1794), known as Princess Kinsky, and now in the Musée du Louvre. A further comparable pair dated circa 1785 is in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (A. Sassoon & G. Wilson, Decorative Arts, A Handbook of the Collections of The J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1986, p.96, fig.207).