A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE MODELS OF PARROTS
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
30000GBP £ 30 000
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ID 1225452
Lot 5 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE MODELS OF PARROTS
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
CIRCA 1785-90, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY DOMINIQUE DAGUERRE, THE PORCELAIN KANGXI (1662-1722)
The birds modelled in mirror image, heads slightly inclined, one with a black beak, covered in a lustrous turquoise glaze and standing on aubergine-glazed pierced rocky bases, each milleraies base issuing acanthus leaves and two spirally-turned branches with flowerhead nozzles with palm drip-pans
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Asher Wertheimer (1844-1918).
Ferdinand Joseph Conway (Wertheimer; 1888-1950), and by descent circa 1925 to
Mrs Joan Young Conway, wife of the above, and by descent, in 1953;
By family descent until sold Dreweatts, Newbury, 17 May 2023, lot 269.
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