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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN

Lot 41
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 75 600
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Lot 41 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN

THE ORMOLU AND PARROTS MID-18TH CENTURY, THE CELADON VASE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The celadon-glazed cover crested by a flower-spray above a shaped rim decorated with a rocaille motif, the reservoir overpainted with famille rose flower sprays, trees and butterflies and incorporating a tap cast as a fruit, flanked by two polychrome-glazed parrots perched on tree stumps embellished with flowers, supported by a pierced base cast with c-scrolls and acanthus leaves centred by a falling cascade of water above a rocaille shell

14 1⁄2 in. (37 cm.) high; 10 1⁄2 in. (27 cm.) wide; 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) deep





Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

D. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europäischen Fassungen, 1980, fig. 167 p. 256.



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Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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