ID 820038
Lot 385 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN VASES
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU CIRCA 1775
Each baluster-shaped celadon porcelain vase painted in underglaze red with blossoming tree, with gadrooned ormolu rim and handles in the form of tritons, supported by tortoises on square base, with some slight variation in size, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
13 3/4 in. (35.5 cm.) high, 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) wide, the larger
Provenance
Highly Important French Furniture, Decorations and Tapestries from a Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1993, lot 19.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
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