An ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine inkstand (écritoire). Dehua. Kangxi period (1662-1722) - image-1

Lot 152 Dα

An ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine inkstand (écritoire). Dehua. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 9.374 € (incl. premium)
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An ormolu-mounted Dehua blanc de Chine inkstand (écritoire). Dehua. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

A tray with three octagonal-shaped blanc de Chine cups with incised decoration and covered in a white glaze, held in position by three leafy sprays of gilt bronze to form an inkwell and a sander, their covers in pierced gilt bronze with a decoration of leaves and flower-bud finials, the third cup probably intended for sand or to hold a sponge. The surface of the tray painted with flowers in reddish-brown and gold on a black lacquer ground, the rim edged in gilt bronze and supported by three Régence style feet.
H 10, L 29 cm.

Provenance

Formerly private collection, Belgium

Literature

Similar écritoires with minimal variations can be found in the Royal Collection, England, illustrated in: John Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London 2016, vol. III, no. 2032 and 2035, in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, illustrated in: Gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1999, no. 17, and in: Giacomo and Rozenn Wannenes, Les bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés de Louis XIV á Napoléon III, p. 176 and 202