A rare Louis XV ormolu and porcelain 'fountain' the ormolu circa 1735

the voluted scrolled ormolu surround with deeply scrolled supports cast and fitted with elaborate foliate scrolls, wave motifs, flowerheads and hung with floral garlands, the upper part with a porcelain receptacle, and with a Chinese figure holding a parasol seated on the rim above a basin with ormolu cascading water border, flanked by small shaped porcelain panels. Some elements missing.  Fitted with Sèvres porcelain fragments of later date.

Collection of Madame Douine

Collection of Hubert de Saint Senoch, sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, December 4, 1983, lot 272

G. Wannenes, Les Bronzes ornementaux et objets montés, Milan, 2004, p. 195