A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE MODELS OF PARROTS

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£ 30 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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Lot 5 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE MODELS OF PARROTS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE EXPORT TURQUOISE AND AUBERGINE MODELS OF PARROTS
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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