Provenant d'une collection privée européenne
A Louis XV gilt-bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain vase ‘Choiseul’, circa 1763-1765, the mounts probably after a drawing by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of low, oval bowl form, moulded with gadroons below an everted rim, supported on a pedestal foot with a row of 'pearls' around the top, painted with grey and light brown veining to imitate marble, the gilt-bronze handles formed as pairs of ribbon-bound entwined snakes, on a square gilt-bronze base incorporating a guilloche frieze border
Height. 12 in, width. 17 in, depth. 10 in; Haut. 30 cm, larg. 43 cm, prof. 25,5 cm
Related Literature
Handbook of the Jones Collection du South Kensington Museum, Londres, 1883, p. 15 (n° 744).
W. King, Catalogue of the Jones Collection, Part II, Ceramics, Ormolu, Goldsmiths' Work, Enamels, Sculpture, Tapestry, Books, and Prints, Londres, 1924, p. 61, no. 233.
G. Wilson, 'Acquisitions Made by the Department of Decorative Arts, 1979 to Mid 1980', The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, vol. 8, 1980, p. 4.
Pierre Verlet, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, pp. 23, 27.
J. Whitehead, The Use of Engravings for Sèvres Vase Design in the late 18th Century, XIV, 1999, French Porcelain Society.
D. Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on 18th Century Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, Little Berkhamsted, 2019, p. 83.
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