*A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASES , THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1860-1870

Sale 8512

Important French Furniture, Ceramics, Tapestries & Carpets

New York, Park Avenue

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30 - 31 October 1996

Browse Sale

Lot 318
The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

*A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASES

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1860-1870

Price realised

USD 48,300

Estimate

USD 20,000 - USD 30,000

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*A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASES
The porcelain kangxi, the mounts circa 1860-1870
Each of tapering form mounted with richly cast foliate scrolls with S-shaped foliate-cast handles issuing oak branches with acorns on berried pierced foliate scrolled foot, one vase with a circular label inscribed JPGM and a rectangular label 1-3, the other with two rectangular labels 1-36 and 336, one vase decorated with purple and green lambrequins at its base
23½in. (59.5cm.) high, 12in. (30cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Mrs. Evelyn Saint George, Cam House, sold Sotheby's London, 24-25 July, 1939, lot 81
Purchased at the above sale by J. Paul Getty
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Literature and exhibited

Literature

G. Wilson et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain, 1982, no. 18, pp. 82-84
F.J.B. Watson, 'Mounted Oriental Porcelain', The Magazine Antiques, April 1987, pp. 813-823
The Frick Collection, Mounted Oriental Porcelain, exhibition catalogue, no. 44, pp. 116-117
C. Bremer-David, Decorative Arts, An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1993, p. 158, no. 267.

Exhibited

Woodside, California, Filoli, on loan, 1979-1991
The Frick Collection, New York, Mounted Oriental Porcelain, December 1986-March 1987

Lot Essay

The exuberance and quality of the mounts conceived in the Louis XV style are typical of the very best of French craftmanship in the second half of the 19th century. A pair of large Berlin porcelain vases with very similar mounts signed BORMANN was sold Sotheby's London, November 3, 1976 raising the possibility that these mounts may be by this same maker.

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Lot 318 The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

*A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE POWDER-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASES

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1860-1870

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