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拍品专文
This impressive pair of large-scale Gu vases bear the arms of the families of Vergèze d’Aubussargues of Languedoc and [the marquis] de La Perrière of Franche-Comté, and thought to have been made to mark the marriage of Gilles Le Brun (1667-1745) to Marie Pepin, Demoiselle de Bellisle in 1705.
Three other directly related vases in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, are illustrated in Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, John Ayers, Vol. I, London, 2016, Nos. 564-569, pp. 270-272. They have different gilt-bronze mounts but are nearly identical save some minor variations in the decorative scheme and were presumably from the same commission. They were purchased in Paris in 1817 by Jean-Baptiste Watier for George IV (when Prince Regent) for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton on 22 November, as recorded by Benjamin Jutsham (Jutsham Recs ii.14–15). The three in the Royal Collection were joined by another three near identical vases, which instead bear the coat-of-arms of Philippe d'Orleans (1674-1723), Regent of France (1715-1723), to create a set of six; all of which were converted into oil lamps under the supervision of Benjamin Vuillamy (1780-1854). He added ornate gilt-bronzes mounts, with dragon handles and further fitments and commissioned Josiah Spode (1755-1827) to create porcelain pedestals to support them. The six are illustrated in a watercolour drawing by John Nash in 1826 in the Music Room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. In March 1847 they were moved to Buckingham Palace to furnish the newly built East Wing and later the Pavilion Breakfast Room where they were depicted in James Roberts's watercolour dated May 1850.
The inventory drawn up on Philippe d'Orleans's death in 1724 listing his collection from the Palais Royale, Paris reveals that the three enormous armorial vases from the Royal Collection originally formed a set of ten which were split up upon his death.
'[…] treize grandes pièces de porcelaine de la Chine peinte dans le goût du Japon, scavoir trois urnes, dix cornets sont marquez aux armes d’Orléans, prisez ensemble avec leurs pieds de bois sculptez et dorez un desd. cornets cassé et recollé, la somme de deux mille livres'
Six of the set passed by descent to the Regent's son Louis I d'Orléans (1703-1752), Duc d'Orléans and moved to his residence château de Bagnolet and are found in the 1752 inventory after his death.
Five of these vases are now in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris; four having entered the collection in 1870 and the fifth as a bequest from Madame Rodolphe Bavoillot in 1994. The final two from the set are in the collection of Palazzo Bianco, Genoa said to be gift from the du de Montpensier, son of Louis-Philippe to the Brignole Sale family.
GILLES LE BRUN
Gilles Le Brun (1667-1745) was a sea merchant who made his fortune with the French East India Company (Compaigne des Indes) in the early 18th century, rising to director of the port of Lorient, France in 1720 and being ennobled in the same year. His second wife Marie Pépin, also came from an important noble sea merchant family: she was the daughter of Pierre Pépin, Sieur de Bellisle (1631-1684), who under Royal commission in 1680 armed and supplied the Marabeuf for war with Spain. One of their daughters Marie-Anne-Josèphe Le Brun later married the naval commader Bertrand-François Mahé, count de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753) who became governor of Mauritus (Iles de France) and Réunion (Ille Bourbon) between 1735-1740.
Several other Chinese export items have appeared on the market bearing the same coat-of-arms, suggesting that the commission was larger. These include a pair of beaker vases sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 20-21 March 1997, lot 396, a bowl sold Christie's London, 13 November 2001, lot 271 and a dish illustrated in A. Lebel, French and Swiss Armorials on Chinese Export Porcelain of the 18th Century, Brussels, 2009, p.186.
It is fascinating to note that with the exception of the arms, that the vases commissioned by Le Brun and by Philippe d'Orleans are identical in form and decoration, indicating that they were probably made in the same Jingdezhen workshop in the province of Juangxi and demonstrating the strong links between the French East India company and the supply of Chinese works of art to the French royal palaces. A number of other items bearing the royal arms of France are held in the British Royal Collection including a set of ormolu-mounted famille-verte porcelain vases [RCIN 2395].
Vases on such a grand scale are very rare and became prized acquisitions for aristocratic collectors in the early 19th century who wished to emulate the taste of the Prince Regent. It is worth noting the magnificent commission acquired either by Elizabeth, 3rd Duchess of Buccleuch (1743-1827) or her grandson Walter, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, sold as a set of four and a pair at Christie's, London, 7 July 2011, lots 10 and 11 (£7,993,250 and £2, 841,250 respectively including premium) which could very well have been mounted in the same workshop.
This impressive pair of large-scale Gu vases bear the arms of the families of Vergèze d’Aubussargues of Languedoc and [the marquis] de La Perrière of Franche-Comté, and thought to have been made to mark the marriage of Gilles Le Brun (1667-1745) to Marie Pepin, Demoiselle de Bellisle in 1705.
Three other directly related vases in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, are illustrated in Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, John Ayers, Vol. I, London, 2016, Nos. 564-569, pp. 270-272. They have different gilt-bronze mounts but are nearly identical save some minor variations in the decorative scheme and were presumably from the same commission. They were purchased in Paris in 1817 by Jean-Baptiste Watier for George IV (when Prince Regent) for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton on 22 November, as recorded by Benjamin Jutsham (Jutsham Recs ii.14–15). The three in the Royal Collection were joined by another three near identical vases, which instead bear the coat-of-arms of Philippe d'Orleans (1674-1723), Regent of France (1715-1723), to create a set of six; all of which were converted into oil lamps under the supervision of Benjamin Vuillamy (1780-1854). He added ornate gilt-bronzes mounts, with dragon handles and further fitments and commissioned Josiah Spode (1755-1827) to create porcelain pedestals to support them. The six are illustrated in a watercolour drawing by John Nash in 1826 in the Music Room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. In March 1847 they were moved to Buckingham Palace to furnish the newly built East Wing and later the Pavilion Breakfast Room where they were depicted in James Roberts's watercolour dated May 1850.
The inventory drawn up on Philippe d'Orleans's death in 1724 listing his collection from the Palais Royale, Paris reveals that the three enormous armorial vases from the Royal Collection originally formed a set of ten which were split up upon his death.
'[…] treize grandes pièces de porcelaine de la Chine peinte dans le goût du Japon, scavoir trois urnes, dix cornets sont marquez aux armes d’Orléans, prisez ensemble avec leurs pieds de bois sculptez et dorez un desd. cornets cassé et recollé, la somme de deux mille livres'
Six of the set passed by descent to the Regent's son Louis I d'Orléans (1703-1752), Duc d'Orléans and moved to his residence château de Bagnolet and are found in the 1752 inventory after his death.
Five of these vases are now in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris; four having entered the collection in 1870 and the fifth as a bequest from Madame Rodolphe Bavoillot in 1994. The final two from the set are in the collection of Palazzo Bianco, Genoa said to be gift from the du de Montpensier, son of Louis-Philippe to the Brignole Sale family.
GILLES LE BRUN
Gilles Le Brun (1667-1745) was a sea merchant who made his fortune with the French East India Company (Compaigne des Indes) in the early 18th century, rising to director of the port of Lorient, France in 1720 and being ennobled in the same year. His second wife Marie Pépin, also came from an important noble sea merchant family: she was the daughter of Pierre Pépin, Sieur de Bellisle (1631-1684), who under Royal commission in 1680 armed and supplied the Marabeuf for war with Spain. One of their daughters Marie-Anne-Josèphe Le Brun later married the naval commader Bertrand-François Mahé, count de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753) who became governor of Mauritus (Iles de France) and Réunion (Ille Bourbon) between 1735-1740.
Several other Chinese export items have appeared on the market bearing the same coat-of-arms, suggesting that the commission was larger. These include a pair of beaker vases sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 20-21 March 1997, lot 396, a bowl sold Christie's London, 13 November 2001, lot 271 and a dish illustrated in A. Lebel, French and Swiss Armorials on Chinese Export Porcelain of the 18th Century, Brussels, 2009, p.186.
It is fascinating to note that with the exception of the arms, that the vases commissioned by Le Brun and by Philippe d'Orleans are identical in form and decoration, indicating that they were probably made in the same Jingdezhen workshop in the province of Juangxi and demonstrating the strong links between the French East India company and the supply of Chinese works of art to the French royal palaces. A number of other items bearing the royal arms of France are held in the British Royal Collection including a set of ormolu-mounted famille-verte porcelain vases [RCIN 2395].
Vases on such a grand scale are very rare and became prized acquisitions for aristocratic collectors in the early 19th century who wished to emulate the taste of the Prince Regent. It is worth noting the magnificent commission acquired either by Elizabeth, 3rd Duchess of Buccleuch (1743-1827) or her grandson Walter, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, sold as a set of four and a pair at Christie's, London, 7 July 2011, lots 10 and 11 (£7,993,250 and £2, 841,250 respectively including premium) which could very well have been mounted in the same workshop.