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拍品专文
This allegorical vase, ‘perforated for essence’, conforms to a design recorded in Boulton and Fothergill’s Pattern Books dating to around 1770 (see N. Goodison, Matthew Boulton: Ormolu, London, 2002, p. 355, fig. 360). Produced both as a vase and as a clock case (ibid., fig. 191), the so-called 'Venus' vase was a popular model. At Boulton's Christie’s sale in 1771, two ‘Venus vase’ perfume burners were offered, purchased respectively by the Earl of Kerry and by Lord or Lady Melbourne. At the 1778 sale, five vases described in the catalogue as ‘Venus and Cupid in ormolu, at the tomb of Adonis’ were included, one fitted with branches for two candles. A very similar perfume burner is illustrated ibid., p. 355, pls. 359 and 361, and in N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 45. Another example is at Syon, lacking its lid, Cupid’s bow, and brand.
Other recorded examples of this model include:
1. One exhibited at Hotspur’s Golden Jubilee Exhibition, London, 1974, pl. 19.
2. Another sold Christie’s, London, 17 November 1983, lot 6.
3. Another sold Sotheby’s, London, 10 July 1987, lot 8.
4. One exhibited at Mallett, The Age of Matthew Boulton, London, 2000, pp. 50-51.
The Aitken Collection contains a further closely related version in which the weeping 'Venus' figure’s right arm is raised.
Other recorded examples of this model include:
1. One exhibited at Hotspur’s Golden Jubilee Exhibition, London, 1974, pl. 19.
2. Another sold Christie’s, London, 17 November 1983, lot 6.
3. Another sold Sotheby’s, London, 10 July 1987, lot 8.
4. One exhibited at Mallett, The Age of Matthew Boulton, London, 2000, pp. 50-51.
The Aitken Collection contains a further closely related version in which the weeping 'Venus' figure’s right arm is raised.