Lot Essay
A pair of polychrome-decorated Kangxi vases with similar mounts, but lacking the Triton masks between the handle terminals, is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (obj. no. 75.DI.5).
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THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE STRAPWORK SIDES REGENCE, CIRCA 1725, THE BASE, RIM AND HANDLES LOUIS XVI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE POT-POURRI VASE
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE STRAPWORK SIDES REGENCE, CIRCA 1725, THE BASE, RIM AND HANDLES LOUIS XVI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The globular body painted with courtly figures in interiors and terraces, the underside with an artemisia leaf within a double circle, inset with a gadrooned rim and mounted with loop handles over Triton masks, drilled and mounted ormolu grommets in eight places just below the rim
7 ¾ in. (20 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide, over handles
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE STRAPWORK SIDES REGENCE, CIRCA 1725, THE BASE, RIM AND HANDLES LOUIS XVI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The globular body painted with courtly figures in interiors and terraces, the underside with an artemisia leaf within a double circle, inset with a gadrooned rim and mounted with loop handles over Triton masks, drilled and mounted ormolu grommets in eight places just below the rim
7 ¾ in. (20 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide, over handles
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 74, pp. 270-273.
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