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Lot 1799 D α

An ormolu-mounted crackle glaze Chinese porcelain vase

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 20.000 € - 30.000 €
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An ormolu-mounted crackle glaze Chinese porcelain vase

Baluster-form vase with two lizard reliefs, fitted with ormolu mountings around the base and rim. With a repair to the bronze mounting around the rim. H 45.6 cm.
The porcelain China, Qianlong period, the mountings attributed to Paris, second quarter 18th C.

Literature

Similar vases can be found in the Dresden SKD, pub. in Ströber, "La maladie de porcelaine..." Ostasiatisches Porzellan aus der Sammlung Augusts des Starken, Berlin 2001, cat. no. 45, inv. nos. P.O. 6952, P.O. 6954 and P.O. 6957.
A similar pair of "céladon craquelé" vases mounted as pitchers in Wannenes, Les bronzes ornementaux et les objets montés, Mailand 2004, p. 104.
Cf. Kisluk-Grosheide/Munger, The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2010, cat. no. 61, for an identical vase with more opulent ormolu mountings.