Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert
Two pairs of gilt-bronze mounted Chinese blue powder 'Medici' porcelain vases cornets and covers, the porcelain Qienlong (1736 - 1795), the mounts Louis XV, circa 1770 - 1775
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Two pairs of gilt-bronze mounted Chinese blue powder 'Medici' porcelain vases cornets and covers, the porcelain Qienlong (1736 - 1795), the mounts Louis XV, circa 1770 - 1775
each with domed circular cover surmounted by a berried acanthus spray finial, the foliate and gadrooned collar issuing two channelled Greek-key handles chased with mille-raies panels and swagged with berried husks terminating in bearded masks, on a chandelles and fluted tapering base with reeded collar, the fluted spreading domed socle with ribbon-tied laurel cushion, on a cut-cornered spreading stepped plinth inset with mille-raies and entrelac panels, all the vases with traces of gilt decoration to the porcelain bodies; with several inscriptions on the reverse of covers : MISC/121, CL/ 3 and HF 132 ; MISC/ 121 and, CL 3,CL 3/ 121
pair A: height 17¾in.; width 10¾in.; 45 cm; 27,5 cm.
pair B: height 18¾in.; width 11 in.; 46,5 cm; 28 cm.
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Deux paires de vases en porcelaine de Chine bleu poudré et bronze doré, la porcelaine d'époque Qienlong (1736-1795), la monture de la fin de l'époque Louis XV, vers 1770-1775
pair A: height 17¾in.; width 10¾in.; 45 cm; 27,5 cm.
pair B: height 18¾in.; width 11 in.; 46,5 cm; 28 cm.
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Almost certainly supplied to Prince Auguste d’Arenberg (1753-1833), duc d'Arenberg and Comte de La Marck for the hôtel de Charost, Paris, originally part of a clock garniture with a further pair of baluster vases with infant triton handles.
One pair (A)
The appartement du premier étage at the hôtel de Charost, 39 rue Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris, where they were left in situ, when it was rented to Dom Vincent de Souza Coutiñho, the Portuguese Ambassador to Paris in 1790 and recorded there in July 1792; The Heilbronner Collection, sold between 1912 and 1919; The collection of Madame L., sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 9th-10th June 1953, lot 45 (illustrated). Anonymous sale, Ader Picard, Tajan, Palais Galliera, Paris, 24th November 1976, lot A; Christie's, New York, Magnificent French Furniture formerly from the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi, 2nd November 2000, lot 25, where they were part of a clock garniture. Private collection, Paris.
Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, 2008
One pair (B)
The Ramsay Collection, Paris; Christie's, New York, Magnificent French Furniture formerly from the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi, 2nd November 2000, lot 26.
Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, 2008
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Très certainement livré pour le prince Auguste d'Arenberg (1753-1833), duc d'Arenberg et comte de La Marck pour l'hôtel de Charost à Paris ; à l'origine une garniture composée d'une pendule et d'une autre paire de vases de forme balustre avec des anses aux enfants tritons.
Une paire (A) :
L'appartement du premier étage de l'hôtel de Charost, 39 rue Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris, restés in situ, puis à l'ambassadeur du Portugal à Paris Dom Vincent de Souza Coutinho en 1790 et inventorié en 1792. Collection Heilbronner, vendue entre 1912 et 1919 ; collection de Madame L., vente Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 9-10 juin 1953, lot 45. Vente, Ader Picard, Tajan, Palais Galliera, Paris, 24 november 1976, lot A; collection Riahi, vente Christie's, New York, Magnificent French Furniture from the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi, 2 november 2000, lot 25, composé d'une pendule et d'une paire de vases balustres. Collection privée, Paris.
Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, 2008
Une paire (B)
Collection Ramsay, Paris
Collection D. Riahi
Christie's, New York, Magnificent French Furniture from the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi, 2 november 2000, lot 26.
Galerie Perrin, Paris, 2008
T. Dell, The Frick Collection Furniture and Gilt-Bronzes, Princeton, VI, p. 318.
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets Montés, du Moyen-Âge à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 111.
Tim Knox, The British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, Paris, 2011.
Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen, Braunschweig, 1980, p.314, Abb. 287.