Live Auction 2504A Trumbauer Estate on The Philadelphia Main Line
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON CENTREPIECE
Lot 701

A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON CENTREPIECE

CIRCA 1820-1830, THE CELADON 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED CELADON CENTREPIECE
CIRCA 1820-1830, THE CELADON 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The celadon bowl with a Ge-type glaze and acanthus boss and vine and grape finial, supported by three winged dragons on pounce-panelled supports terminating in grotesque beasts with paw feet, on a naturalistically-modelled asymmetric plinth, the celadon bowl with restored rim chip
14 in. (36 cm.) high; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) diameter

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lot 256.

Specialist note

Fantastical winged creatures frequently appear in the designs for decorative items executed around 1800-1805 by the St. Petersburg architect Andrei Voronikhin (1759-1814). He collaborated with St. Peterberg's most talented bronziers, Andrei Schreiber (1777-1843) and Friedrich Bergenfeldt (1768-1822) who supplied many ornamental bronze items to the Imperial Court (I. Sychev, Russian Bronzes, Moscow, 2003, p. 94). With its ormolu supports cast as chimerae, the present centrepiece relates to a design for a vase executed by Voronikhin in 1801 (ibid. p. 91). A Russian ormolu clock supported by similar winged dragons was sold in Imperial Design, Christie's, London, 25 November 2008, lot 30.