Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Auction Closed
October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted celadon porcelain pots-pourris vases, the porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722), the mounts Louis XV, circa 1745–1749
with the crowned C poinçon, one struck five times, the other four times, each formed of two bowls with crackle glaze, the dished lid with upward scrolling pierced finial, finely cast with acanthus, berried foliage and flowerheads, the pierced rim cast with acanthus below guilloche, alternately chased and burnished, centered by flowerheads and foliage, with scrolled handles, with conforming foliate decoration joining down to the base, on pierced and finely cast base with acanthus, rockwork and flowerheads
height 16 1/2 in.; width 15 3/4 in.; depth 11 3/4 in.; 42 cm; 40 cm; 30 cm.
(2)
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Paire de vases pots-pourris en porcelaine de Chine céladon craquelé et bronze doré, la porcelaine d'époque Kangxi (1662-1722), la monture d'époque Louis XV, vers 1745-1749 marquée au C couronné
height 16 1/2 in.; width 15 3/4 in.; depth 11 3/4 in.; 42 cm; 40 cm; 30 cm.
(2)
Almost certainly acquired by George Byng, M.P. Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire, circa 1820 thence by descent to Julian Byng;
Christie's London, 10 December 1992, lot 213.
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Presque certainement acquis par George Byng, M.P. Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire, vers 1820 puis par descendance à Julian Byng;
Christie's Londres, 10 décembre 1992, lot 213.
L. Scheurleer, Chinesishes und Japonishes Porzellan in Europaischen Fassungen, Wurzburg 1980
G. Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1999
K. Smentek, Rococo exotic: French mounted Porcelains and the Allure of the East, New York 2007