Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre
A gilt-bronze mounted Chinese celadon porcelain vase, the porcelain Ming dynasty, 14th century, the mounts Louis XV, circa 1760-1770, attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis
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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 1,000,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A gilt-bronze mounted Chinese celadon porcelain vase, the porcelain Ming dynasty, 14th century, the mounts Louis XV, circa 1760-1770, attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis
the body modelled in low relief with a broad band of scrolling peonies, the lower section with vertical ribbing, the neck cast and finely chased with shell ornament and sinuous foliate scrolls rising to a scrolled lip enclosing a shell-pattern hollow containing a detachable cover in the form of a ribbon-tied cluster of acorns and oak leaves; from the neck spring massive bipartite scrolls cast with foliage and pods developing into realistically modelled lion masks, each holding a ring in its mouth; the base of spreading oval form with almost detached bipartite scrolls centered by spreading scallop shells and acanthus enveloping the shaped plinth with key-pattern borders and squared paterae angles
height 30 in.; width 18¼in.; 76,5 cm; 46 cm.
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Grand vase en porcelaine de Chine céladon gaufré et bronze doré, la porcelaine, dynastie Ming XIVe siècle, la monture d'époque Louis XV, vers 1760-1770 attribuée à Jean-Claude Duplessis
height 30 in.; width 18¼in.; 76,5 cm; 46 cm.
Possibly Albert, Duke of Saxe-Teschen;
Collection of Charles Stein, sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris 10-14 May 1886, lot 279;
Possibly acquired by Baron Gustave de Rothschild (according to a handwritten annotation in a sale catalogue);
The Collection of the Hon. Lady Baillie, sold Sotheby's London, 13 December 1974, lot 137;
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.
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Peut-être Albert, duc de Saxe-Teschen;
Collection Charles Stein, vente galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 10-14 mai 1886, lot 279;
Peut-être acquis par le baron Gustave de Rothschild (selon une indication manuscripte dans un catalogue de vente);
Ancienne collection de Hon. Lady Baillie, vente Sotheby's Londres, 13 décembre 1974, lot 137;
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.