Works of Art
18th century
1
Works of Art du 18th century
Palanquin with Fö dogs, Paris circa 1780-1790
DIMENSIONS : l. 11.81 .inH. 7.68 .inP. 2.76 .in
MATERIAUX : Ormolu, porcelain
PRICE : Contact us
REQUEST INFORMATION
?Rare composition in enamelled biscuit from China and finely chiseled and mercury-gilded bronze.
It includes a pair of Buddhist lions called "Fö dogs" harnessed with a gilded bronze palanquin on which rests a small hexagonal vase.
The male whose paw rests on a ball and his female accompanied by her young are in turquoise enamelled biscuit and rest on rectangular bases with an aubergine glaze decorated with "ruyi" heads.
The bases are set in a finely chiseled mount with a guilloche decoration. They support on their backs a palanquin made up of two carrying bars connected to a central platform covered with fabric; the bars are harnessed with braided ropes ending in lambrequins that surround the lions' necks.
The platform supports a small hexagonal vase with an aubergine glaze imitating basketwork.
Very well preserved; originally on a tray that is now missing.
The enamelled biscuits, China, Jingdezhen province, Kangxi reign around 1700.
The bronze mount, the work of a Parisian merchant-mercer, Louis XVI period around 1780-1790.
Dimensions:
Lions: Height: 19 cm
Vase: Height: 6 cm; width: 9.5 cm
Known similar models:
- Perfume fountain of Queen Marie Antoinette seized in 1793 and preserved today at the Louvre Museum under Inventory No. OA7
- Palanquin with dogs by Fö, English Royal Collection Inventory No. RCIN 4925, listed from 1829 at the Brighton Pavilion then at Buckingham Palace from 1847.
- Palanquin with Potpourri, drawing illustrated in the catalog of the sale of the secretary of King Louis-Jean Gaignat in Paris in 1768.