ID 1027447 
Lot 43  | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND CHINESE 'CLAIR DE LUNE' CELADON PORCELAIN VASES
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000 
THE MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-CLAUDE CHAMBELLAN DUPLESSIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each with square body and tapering neck flanked by foliate cast scrolling handles on a pierced rocaille base
8 in. (20 cm.) high, 7 in. (18 cm.) wide, 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
C.C. Dauterman et al., Decorative Art From The Samuel H. Kress Collection At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Aylesbury, 1964, p. 199-203.
Savill, R., The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London: The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, tom. I, London, 1988, pp. 149-171 and 191-195.
Durand, M. Bimbenet-Privar, F. Dassas, Décors, mobilier et objets d’art du musée du Louvre de Louis XIV à Marie-Antoinette, Paris, 2014, pp. 328-329.
| Artist: | Jean-Claude Duplessis (1699 - 1774) | 
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery | 
| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV, Qianlong period | 
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels | 
| Artist: | Jean-Claude Duplessis (1699 - 1774) | 
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery | 
| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV, Qianlong period | 
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Western Europe, France, Asia, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels | 
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