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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN VASE THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS MID-18TH CENTURY The baluster body incised with peonies on an overall of stylised foliage, the cover with berried finial on pierced frieze, flanked by scrolled foliate handles headed by double shells, on a broad base edged with shells; the underside of the vase inscribed in red 3214R; the pierced frieze replaced at the end of the 18th century 23 ? in. (59 cm.) high; 16 ? in. (42 cm.) wide
Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), and by descent.
Elegantly mounted with finely chased mounts, this superb vase is a rare manifestation of the final stage of the French rococo of the late 1750s, sometimes referred to as the rocaille symétrisé. This short-lasting late rocaille style anticipated the evolution from full-blown go?t pittoresque to antique classicism, finding a middle ground between asymmetry and symmetry as advocated by the leading architects of the day, allowing the fairly precise dating of circa 1755.
A closely related baluster-form celadon vase, with almost identical symmetrical scroll handle mounts, pierced cover, and foliate-cast circular base – probably from the same workshop – is in the collections of the Chateau de Versailles (T 403 C). It is first recorded in the possession of the Garde Meuble in 1833 during the reign of Louis-Philippe, and was subsequently sent to Versailles in 1836 for the Chambre de Louis XV. It currently is on display in Madame de Pompadour’s Salon de Compagnie, in her apartments at the main chateau. Another large single celadon crackle-glaze vase with same elaborate Louis XV mounts, was in the Elysée and Tuileries palaces during the Empire and Restoration periods, and is now in the Louvre (ill. D. Alcouffe et al., Gilt Bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon 2004, no.42 p.92-93). Further related celadon vases of comparable size and closely related mounts to the present lot sold Sotheby's New York, 2 February 2019, lot 774 ($106,250), and Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 15 April 1989 (ill. J. Chatelain, Ader Picard Tajan, 1988-1989, Editions d’art Monelle Hayot, p. 81).
ORMOLU-MOUNTED CELADON PORCELAIN
The taste for ormolu-mounted celadon porcelain seems to have been at its height in Paris in the 1750s. Lazare Duvaux, for instance, records in his Livre-Journal numerous purchases of such porcelain by leading collectors; among his richest clients was the marquis de Voyer d'Argenson who, as Courajod reports, 'achetait surtout chez Duvaux de la porcelaine Céladon garnie de pieds & de montures de bronze doré. Plus souvent, possesseur de pièces de choix, il chargeoit Duvaux de les monter. Celui-ci le mit en rapport avec le célèbre modeleur Duplessis...' (Livre-Journal de Lazare Duvaux, 2 vols. ed. L. Courajod, Paris, 1873, p. XXXIII). D'Argenson's most expensive purchase of this type is recorded in September 1750 (no. 601): 'Deux gros vases de porcelaine Céladon, montés par Duplessis en bronze doré d'ormolu 3000 l.' The descriptions are all far too brief to allow definite identification but certainly this purchase of mounted celadon is approached in value only by one made by the celebrated collector Gaignat who bought 'Deux urnes de porcelaine céladon, couvertes, montées en bronze dori d'or moulu par Duplessis, 2920 l.' on 16 March 1754. Gaignat's collection was sold after his death in 1768 and the catalogue, written by Poirier, contained twelve mounted pieces of celadon (lots 84-95). The rococo bronze mounts may well have been executed by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis (1699-1774), whose connection with Gaignat is recorded by Duvaux (op. cit.). In January 1752 the prince de Talleyrand paid an even higher price for a single mounted celadon vase for 1,680 livres. Prices paid to Duvaux by Madame de Pompadour included 1,090 livres for a single 'vase de porcelaine céladon' (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue Furniture, vol. II, London, 1996, no. 281 (