A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED PORCELAIN VASES
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Starting price
25000GBP £ 25 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 848550
Lot 16 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED PORCELAIN VASES
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000
CIRCA 1775, THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY
Each everted rim cast with fluted leaves issuing squared handles hung with berried laurel, the bulbous vase decorated in copper-red, cobalt and white enamel with a bird on bamboo amongst rocks and chrysanthemums, on a spreading square base with incut corners and milleraies panels, re-gilt
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Possibly Baroness Burton, Chesterfield House, Mayfair, possibly the pair photographed in the small dining room on 17 August 1886 and then in the library in 1908.
Anonymous sale (His Excellency Ilhamy Hussein Pasha, Villa Sylvia/ Baia dei Fiori, Cap Ferrat); Christie's, London, 17 June 1987, lot 30.
Acquired by Lord and Lady Weinstock from Partridge Fine Arts, London, 30 September 1988.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Neoclassicism, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Art style: | Neoclassicism, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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