View full screen - View 1 of Lot 68. A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted turquoise-glazed 'peacock" porcelain covered jars, the porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722), the mounts late 18th century.

From an important private Parisian collection

A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted turquoise-glazed 'peacock" porcelain covered jars, the porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722), the mounts late 18th century

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5,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

on a hexagonal base decorated with a frieze of piastres, with a peacock finial


(2)


Height 10 in., width 6 3/8 in., depth 10 1/4 in. ; Haut. 25,5 cm, larg. 16 cm, prof. 26 cm

Private collection, Paris

The peacock is a symbol of peace, prosperity, and beauty in Chinese art. For Westerners, peacocks are associated with immortality and fertility, as the bird sheds its feathers, which then grow back. Louis XIV owned several specimens in the Versailles menagerie, as did Empress Joséphine at her Malmaison estate in the early 19th century. Chinese porcelain depicting peacocks was therefore highly prized by collectors, and dealers often embellished such pieces with gilt-bronze mounts to bring them up to date. For a pair of candelabra with peacocks in similar turquoise-glazed porcelain and Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounts, see Jean-Marie Rossi, Sotheby's, Paris, 10 March 2026, lot 38.