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Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust
A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese blue porcelain vase, the porcelain Qianlong, the mounts circa 1765
Auction Closed
July 5, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust
A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese blue porcelain vase, the porcelain Qianlong, the mounts circa 1765
with entwined serpents as handles, with green man mask heads below, on a fluted base with garlands of husks on scroll feet
36cm. high, 19cm. wide; 1ft. 2¼in., 7½in.
Acquired by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham of Swinton (1815-1906), circa 1890 for Swinton Park, North Yorkshire;
thence by descent to his grand-daughter and heir Mary Constance "Molly" Boynton (d.1890-1974), who married Philip Lloyd-Greame (who took the name Cunliffe-Lister), later 1st Earl of Swinton, and by descent to the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust.