A MASSIVE MATCHED PAIR OF MINTONS SECESSIONIST ART POTTERY 'CONG' VASES ON FIXED STANDS

IMPRESSED DATE CYPHERS FOR 1880 TO THE VASES, THE STANDS WITH CYPHERS FOR 1882 AND 1902, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, SHAPE NO. 2150, E AND CYPHER, POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY JOHN WADSWORTH OR LÉON V. SOLON

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A MASSIVE MATCHED PAIR OF MINTONS SECESSIONIST ART POTTERY 'CONG' VASES ON FIXED STANDS
IMPRESSED DATE CYPHERS FOR 1880 TO THE VASES, THE STANDS WITH CYPHERS FOR 1882 AND 1902, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, SHAPE NO. 2150, E AND CYPHER, POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY JOHN WADSWORTH OR LÉON V. SOLON
In the Chinoiserie taste, each of cong form, the design of a stylized tulip outlined in dark slip, one enriched in yellow, apricot and brown, the other in ochre and brown, on a canted foot and square stand molded with bracket feet and pierced with scrolling lotus
40½ in. (102.8 cm.) high, the slightly taller (2)

Provenance

Art and Industry: Selected Items from the Royal Crown Derby Mintons Museums; Sotheby's London, 8 November 1999, lot 112 (the yellow, apricot and brown example).

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Lot Essay

The form of the present examples is based on an Asian ritual form made of jade during the Neolithic period in China. The continuity of this form is strongly evident in the celadon stoneware tradition of both the Ming and Song dynasties. The merging of the Art Pottery tradition and this ancient form mark a turning point at Mintons and pre-cursor for the Secessionist period to follow.

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