ID 791811
Lot 1 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN AQUATIC GROUP
Estimate value
£ 35 000 – 40 000
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1741, THE ORMOLU ATTRIBUTED TO JACQUES CAFFIERI CIRCA 1760
Modelled with a large dolphin, its mouth open, with pierced nostrils and glaring red and black eyes, a winged putto riding on its back blowing on a conch shell, an infant winged triton or melusine swimming by its side, the reverse with turquoise reeds, on an ormolu mound base with reeds and supported on pierced rocaille scrolls
15 3⁄4 in. (40 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Probably given to or commissioned by Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, in 1741.
René Fribourg Collection, New York, his sale; Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1963, Part I, lot 19.
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.
| Manufactur: | Meissen Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Manufactur: | Meissen Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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