A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED PORCELAIN EWERS
Lot 140 PROPERTY FROM AN OHIO ESTATE (LOTS 134-205)

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED PORCELAIN EWERS

LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED PORCELAIN EWERS
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each bulbous vase with foliate-cast spout and entwined dragon handle, raised on a pierced rocaille foot
23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

A similar pair of vases of 18th century manufacture, originally from the Duc d'Aumont collection, and a garniture incorporating very similar crackle grey celadon porcelain of the 18th century are illustrated in D. Alcouffe, Gilt bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, pp. 89-93.