A pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chinese blue and gilt porcelain vases the porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the mounts in Louis XVI style

of baluster form with an elongated neck with a later gilt-bronze collar the porcelain body painted with foliage and crysanthemums and one with exotic birds, the circular base cast with acanthus leaves and berries; gilding on porcelain rubbed in places

The collection of Countess Turgot
Bertram Woodhouse Currie, Minley Manor, circa 1896
See the Catalogue of the Collection of Works of Art at Minley Manor. Printed for private circulation by Arthur L. Humpherys, 187 Piccadilly, W. 1908, where they are recorded p.15:
PAIR OF CYLINDRICAL VASES Covered with a rich mazarine blue glaze; the decoration extending over the body of the Vases, consists of birds among the bamboo framework and flowers; on the necks of formal flowers and narrow borders; mounted in ormolu and fitted as electric lamps. Height 1 ft 7.5 inches. Purchased 1887 from Durlacher Bros. with a Boule casket for 625l.  From the Collection of La Comtesse Turgot.

The collection, which was latterly at Minley Manor, had been formed by Bertram Wodehouse Currie between 1866 and 1896 and many of the objects were formerly at 1 Richmond Terrace and at Coombe Warren, Surrey but were removed to Minley in 1888. Some of the furniture had been acquired by Raikes Currie. The oriental China was added since 1896. In the introduction to the collection by L. Currie, it also mentions also `the seven large Oriental vases (two from Hamilton Palace'). 

In overall good condition. The gilt-bronze is dirty and stained with some very minor verdigris and would benefit from a light clean according to taste. The porcelain: the rims of both are probably cut down. There is light rubbing and losses to the gilding. On one vase there are a couple of deep glaze scratches.
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