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Pair of powder blue ground vases mounted in bronze, circa 1760

Works of Art

18th century

Pair of powder blue ground vases mounted in bronze, circa 1760

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Works of Art du 18th century

Pair of powder blue ground vases mounted in bronze, circa 1760

DIMENSIONS : H. 10.04 .in

MATERIAUX : Porcelain and gilded bronze mount

PROVENANCE : France - Paris

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Beautiful pair of "cornet"-shaped vases in Chinese porcelain with an intense powder blue ground.


It features a beautiful gold decoration of rosettes, foliage scrolls, and arabesques in the oriental style.
The two vases are encased in a luxurious gilt bronze mount with symmetrical rocaille decoration, consisting of a base and a collar for each vase.

Beautiful condition, with a restoration on one neck and wear from use on the gold decoration.

The porcelain, China, Jingdhezen kilns, reign of the Kangxi Emperor, circa 1700-1720.

The mount, Paris, Louis XV period, circa 1760-1770.

Our opinion:

The pair of vases we are presenting is characteristic of the production of the Jingdezhen kilns.
This emblematic technique of Chinese porcelain involves spraying cobalt onto the raw porcelain to obtain a rare speckled blue background before applying a transparent glaze over which a gold leaf decoration is cold-applied; this decoration is then fixed by a final low-fire firing.
The result is a cloudy background that Europeans call "powdered blue" and which is characteristic of Kangxi-reign productions intended for export to the West.
Once imported, our pair of vases was enhanced with a sublime, toned rocaille-style mount by a merchant haberdashery owner active in Paris in the 1760s and 1770s.

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