ID 791808
Lot 41 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
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.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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