A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE CHINESE PORCELAIN COVERED VASES

Lot 8
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Lot 8 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE CHINESE PORCELAIN COVERED VASES
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£ 50 000 – 80 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE CHINESE PORCELAIN COVERED VASES
THE ORMOLU MOUNTS CIRCA 1765-70, THE CHINESE PORCELAIN FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Each vase of tapering form, the handles modelled as swans suspending mermaids, the necks hung with festoons of floral swags on a circular plinth base embellished with stiff-leaf motif, the covers possibly associated
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep




Provenance

Probably acquired by Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden (1825-1866), 2nd Baron Dover for Dover House, Whitehall;
thence by descent to Henry George Agar-Ellis, 4th Viscount Clifden (1863-1895),
until sold by orders of the Executors of the late Viscount Clifden; Robinson & Fisher, London, 21st May 1895, lot 316.
Collection of Ludwig Neumann (1859-1934), 11 Grosvenor Square, London,
until sold his sale, Christie's London, 2 July 1919, lot 90,
where acquired by Albert Amor.
Acquired by Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939) for Ashby St Ledgers Manor, Northamptonshire,
where photographed in the Card Room in 1951,
thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

'Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire - II', Country Life, 3 August 1951, pp. 348-351, fig. 6.
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