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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 10 & 33)
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'BLEU TURQUE' CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER OF EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SIZE
CIRCA 1765-1770
Details
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'BLEU TURQUE' CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER OF EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SIZE
CIRCA 1765-1770
The cover with a berried finial, the vase with a reeded crossed-ribbon border above a foliate-cast and arched collar punctuated with roundels, the baluster body with twin eaglehead handles flanked by scrolls and trailing husks and terminating in acanthus leaves, the cabochon-ornamented base with later beaded collar, above a guilloche moulding, over a tooled and panelled frieze with foliate bosses to the centre of each side, raised on leaf and scroll-cast feet
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1765-1770
The cover with a berried finial, the vase with a reeded crossed-ribbon border above a foliate-cast and arched collar punctuated with roundels, the baluster body with twin eaglehead handles flanked by scrolls and trailing husks and terminating in acanthus leaves, the cabochon-ornamented base with later beaded collar, above a guilloche moulding, over a tooled and panelled frieze with foliate bosses to the centre of each side, raised on leaf and scroll-cast feet
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Nicolas Beaujon, (1718-1786), banker to the French Court.
Purchased by the marchande-mercier Madame Légère 1787 at the Beaujon sale on 25th April 1787, lot 307.
Acquired either by Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802) or John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), and thence by descent until sold,
Sotheby's London, 8 December 2009, lot 16 where acquired by the present owner (£713,250 including premium).
Purchased by the marchande-mercier Madame Légère 1787 at the Beaujon sale on 25th April 1787, lot 307.
Acquired either by Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802) or John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), and thence by descent until sold,
Sotheby's London, 8 December 2009, lot 16 where acquired by the present owner (£713,250 including premium).
Literature
Recorded in the inventory on the death of Nicolas Beaujon, together with two other vases and described as `trois grands vases de porcelaine de la chine fond bleu-turque garnis de bronz doré 450'. (Three large Chinese bleu-turque porcelain vases ornamented with gilt-bronze- 450'),
The sale catalogue description of April 1787 describes it as `Une urne couverte, a grosse panse ornée de gorge a baguettes et a fleurons, boutons et rosaces a tetes d`aigle et rinceaux terminée par un pied a quatre consoles et plate-bande en bronxe doré. Hauteur 30 pouces, diamètre 18 pouces. Le vase et les deux suivant sont d`une forme majestueuse et d`un genre d`ornament male'. ( see illus.)
The sale catalogue description of April 1787 describes it as `Une urne couverte, a grosse panse ornée de gorge a baguettes et a fleurons, boutons et rosaces a tetes d`aigle et rinceaux terminée par un pied a quatre consoles et plate-bande en bronxe doré. Hauteur 30 pouces, diamètre 18 pouces. Le vase et les deux suivant sont d`une forme majestueuse et d`un genre d`ornament male'. ( see illus.)
Brought to you by
Thomas Williams
International Head of English Furniture & Clocks