A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN FLASKS

BY LINKE, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, 1662-1722, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1900

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN FLASKS
BY LINKE, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, 1662-1722, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1900
Each with berried finial above a rounded shouldered square canister painted with flowering shrubs and peonies with insects, as well as domestic vases and utensils, all within a Greek-key border, on a husk-trailed gadrooned plinth, numbered indisctinctly '3850' and inscribed four times 'LINKE'
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Christie's, London, Le Pavillon Chougny, A Private Collection, 9-10 December 2004, lot 375.

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Lot Essay

Frangois Linke (d. 1946) was one of the most celebrated ébénistes of his time. Born in Pankraz, Bohemia, Linke moved to Paris in 1875 and six years later established independent ateliers at 170, rue de Faubourg St. Antoine. Linke's international acclaim following the 1900 exhibition afforded him a high degree of financial stability, not only allowing him to establish a large showroom on the fashionable place Vendôme, but also to pursue new and further distant markets by exhibiting at other international shows.

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