Lot 495
  • 495

Fontaine en porcelaine Imari chinoise du XVIIIe siècle et montures de bronze doré, travail probablement allemand ou hollandais du début du XVIIIe siècle

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • porcelain
  • Haut. 35 cm, larg. 17 cm, prof. 24 cm
  • Height 13 3/4 in; width 6 2/3 in; 9 1/2 in
la cafetière à décor de branchages fleuris bleu et rouge rehaussés d'or, le robinet orné d'un putto, reposant sur trois pieds en enroulement

Provenance

Ancienne collection Etienne Lévy

Ancienne collection de monsieur et madame Luigi Anton Laura, vente Sotheby's Paris, le 27 juin 2001, lot 5

Acquise auprès de la galerie Pascal Izarn, Paris

Condition

The illustration is accurate. Good overall condition. A minute hair crack on the edge of the cover. The gilding is very slightly tarnished and rubbed. The body has been pierced to adapt the bronze tap. Ready to be displayed.
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Catalogue Note

Des modèles comparables sont illustrés dans L. Scheurleer, Chinesisches nd Japanisches Porzellan in Europäischen Fassungen, Würzburg, 1980, p. 307-309.