A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
The porcelain Kangxi
Each with domed removable cover surmounted by a stylised coral and shell finial, the pierced neck cast with acanthus, C-scrolls and flowerheads, above a bulbous tapering body decorated with courtly Chinoiserie figures, dragons and mythical beasts, within trailing vine and stylised foliage borders, on a pierced spreading plinth cast with further acanthus and C-scrolls and with entrelac on a pounced ground, on scroll feet, variations in size and shape, some of the mounts Louis XV and, struck with the C couronné poin/dcon, restorations
The larger 26 3/4 in. (68 cm. ) high ; the smaller 26 1/2 in. (67 cm. ) high (2)

拍品专文

The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

A shell and coral finial of closely related form first featured on the lid of a sucrier from the Nécessaire de voyage of Queen Marie Lescynska, which is hallmarked for 1729-30 as well as on the Louis XV flambé-glazed vase and cover, also struck with the C couronné poinçon from Luton Hoo (sold by the Trustees of the Luton Hoo Foundation in these Rooms, 9 June 1994, lot 34).