ID 992797
Lot 35 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED PALE CELADON VASE
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1755, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY LAZARE DUVAUX, THE CHINESE PORCELAIN, 18TH CENTURY
Of tapering baluster form, the sides with naturalistically modelled pierced handles mounted with intertwining pierced scrolling foliate handles, on a foliate rocaille base
17 1/2 in. (45.5 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 10 1/2 in. (26.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Etude Couturier Nicolay, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 March 1995, lot 117.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
L. Courajod, Livre-Journal de Lazare Duvaux, Marchand-Bijoutier Ordinaire du Roy, 1748-1758, Paris, 1873.
G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, 1974.
F. Watson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain, Wisbech, 1986.
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.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Celadon, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Celadon, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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