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Lot Essay
Combining Chinese porcelain with finely chased ormolu mounts, this superb pair of vases demonstrates the unique creative involvement of the marchands-merciers in Paris in the mid-18th century.
Their porcelain bodies are in fact upper sections of larger mid-17th century Chinese vases divided up by marchands-merciers to create new items. A similar porcelain section was extracted from the Louvre foundations and is now preserved in the Musée Guimet (inv. 4498).
Demonstrating many of the recognisable characteristics of Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis' style, such as the homogenous unity of form and bold decoration, suggesting that the mounts were made specifically for these vases, and the substantial and symmetrical acanthus scroll mounts of the highest quality, illustrate the superb modelling and chasing for which Duplessis is renowned.
Combining Chinese porcelain with finely chased ormolu mounts, this superb pair of vases demonstrates the unique creative involvement of the marchands-merciers in Paris in the mid-18th century.
Their porcelain bodies are in fact upper sections of larger mid-17th century Chinese vases divided up by marchands-merciers to create new items. A similar porcelain section was extracted from the Louvre foundations and is now preserved in the Musée Guimet (inv. 4498).
Demonstrating many of the recognisable characteristics of Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis' style, such as the homogenous unity of form and bold decoration, suggesting that the mounts were made specifically for these vases, and the substantial and symmetrical acanthus scroll mounts of the highest quality, illustrate the superb modelling and chasing for which Duplessis is renowned.