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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-GROUND PORCELAIN EWER
Lot 255

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-GROUND PORCELAIN EWER

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 October 2012

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-GROUND PORCELAIN EWER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The baluster with scrolled spout and dragon-form handle, on a pierced rocaille foot, the bronzes stamped BB
26 in. (66 cm.) high

Specialist note

The present ewer is closely related to a pair of ormolu-mounted Khangxi period vases formerly in the collection of the Duc d'Aumont (illustrated D. Alcouffe et al., Gilt bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p. 89).