A VINCENNES (SOFT-PASTE) PORCELAIN BASKET (CORBEILLE TULIPE RONDE) MOUNTED WITH A TOLE AND PORCELAIN BOUQUET

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A SEVRES (SOFT-PASTE) PORCELAIN BASKET (CORBEILLE TULIPE RONDE) MOUNTED WITH A TOLE AND PORCELAIN BOUQUET

THE BASKET CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, FIFTEEN FLOWERS SOFT-PASTE, FOUR HARD-PASTE

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A SEVRES (SOFT-PASTE) PORCELAIN BASKET (CORBEILLE TULIPE RONDE) MOUNTED WITH A TOLE AND PORCELAIN BOUQUET
THE BASKET CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, FIFTEEN FLOWERS SOFT-PASTE, FOUR HARD-PASTE
The basket of lobed form, the faux staves intertwined with a pink ribbon, the bouquet mainly carnations
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)

Sale room notice

Please note: due to the presence of bleu nouveau, the present basket of flowers must date post 1763 and be described as Sèvres porcelain. The description in the printed and e-catalogues should therefore read:
A SEVRES (SOFT-PASTE) PORCELAIN BASKET (CORBEILLE TULIPE RONDE) MOUNTED WITH A TOLE AND PORCELAIN BOUQUET
THE BASKET CIRCA 1765, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, FIFTEEN FLOWERS SOFT-PASTE, FOUR HARD-PASTE.

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Lot Essay

Baskets of this form were formerly in the Chappey and Pierpont Morgan collections, and according to the exhibition catalogue Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres, Grand Palais, 14 October 1977-16 Janvier 1978, p. 44, this form is fairly rare. Other known examples include a pair in the Frick Collection, see The Frick Collection, vol. VII, New York, 1974, pp. 221-223, nos. 34.9.17 and 34.9.18; a single basket in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum no. 745-1882); and a pair possibly in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs or the Louvre in Paris.

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