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ouiS XiV gilT Bronze-MounTeD cAcHe-PoT AnD coVer
DecorATeD WiTH THe croiX De lorrAine – circA 1700-1710
The porcelain Chinese famille verte, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height: 30 cm. (11 ¾ in.) Height with mount: 36.5 cm. (14 ¼ in.) Diameter: 25 cm. (9 ¾ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A pair at the Musée Jacquemart-André with the same porcelain and very similar mounts
A pair at the Munich residenz with the same porcelain
A pair at the getty Museum (inv. 72.Di.50), reproduced in gillian Wilson et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the
J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1982, pp. 24-27, no. 2
collection of Jacques Doucet, sold 5 and 8 June 1912, lot 209
A pair sold Palais galliera, Paris, 10 December 1971, lot 1
A pair, sold Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 15 April 1989, lot 25, from the château de Thoiry
A single one, sold christie's Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 155, mounted very similarly
A pair formerly in the collection of Jaime ortiz-Patiño, sold Sotheby's new York, 25 April 1998, lot 239, with
identical handles and very similar porcelain
A PAir oF louiS XVi gilT Bronze-MounTeD KAKieMon
PorcelAin ocTAgonAl BoWlS – circA 1775-1780
The porcelain Japanese, 17th Century
Total height: 17.6 cm. (7 in.) Width of bowls: 21.1 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A very similar pair of bowls was sold Sotheby’s new York, 23 May 2012, lot 284.
A single smaller bowl was in the royaumont sale, christie’s Paris, 19-21 September 2011, lot 264.
An octagonal bowl of the same form but with a different décor is at the groninger Museum
(reproduced in christine Shimizu, La porcelaine Japonaise, edition Massin, 2002, p. 91).
A louiS XV gilT Bronze-MounTeD AMArAnTH cArTonnier
clocK BY SAinT-gerMAin – circA 1750
The dial and movement signed gille l’Ainé à Paris
The model by the bronzier Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719-1791, maître in 1748)
Height: 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.) Width: 23.7 cm. (9 ¼ in.) Depth: 21.2 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
Son of a talented cabinet maker and bronze worker, Saint-germain was during his time one of the undisputed
masters of the rococo style. The elephant clocks signed by Saint-germain feature the same drum surmounted
by a cherub pointing a magnifying glass towards a sundial found on this piece.
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DecorATeD WiTH THe croiX De lorrAine – circA 1700-1710
The porcelain Chinese famille verte, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height: 30 cm. (11 ¾ in.) Height with mount: 36.5 cm. (14 ¼ in.) Diameter: 25 cm. (9 ¾ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A pair at the Musée Jacquemart-André with the same porcelain and very similar mounts
A pair at the Munich residenz with the same porcelain
A pair at the getty Museum (inv. 72.Di.50), reproduced in gillian Wilson et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the
J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1982, pp. 24-27, no. 2
collection of Jacques Doucet, sold 5 and 8 June 1912, lot 209
A pair sold Palais galliera, Paris, 10 December 1971, lot 1
A pair, sold Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 15 April 1989, lot 25, from the château de Thoiry
A single one, sold christie's Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 155, mounted very similarly
A pair formerly in the collection of Jaime ortiz-Patiño, sold Sotheby's new York, 25 April 1998, lot 239, with
identical handles and very similar porcelain
A PAir oF louiS XVi gilT Bronze-MounTeD KAKieMon
PorcelAin ocTAgonAl BoWlS – circA 1775-1780
The porcelain Japanese, 17th Century
Total height: 17.6 cm. (7 in.) Width of bowls: 21.1 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
A very similar pair of bowls was sold Sotheby’s new York, 23 May 2012, lot 284.
A single smaller bowl was in the royaumont sale, christie’s Paris, 19-21 September 2011, lot 264.
An octagonal bowl of the same form but with a different décor is at the groninger Museum
(reproduced in christine Shimizu, La porcelaine Japonaise, edition Massin, 2002, p. 91).
A louiS XV gilT Bronze-MounTeD AMArAnTH cArTonnier
clocK BY SAinT-gerMAin – circA 1750
The dial and movement signed gille l’Ainé à Paris
The model by the bronzier Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (1719-1791, maître in 1748)
Height: 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.) Width: 23.7 cm. (9 ¼ in.) Depth: 21.2 cm. (8 ¼ in.)
Son of a talented cabinet maker and bronze worker, Saint-germain was during his time one of the undisputed
masters of the rococo style. The elephant clocks signed by Saint-germain feature the same drum surmounted
by a cherub pointing a magnifying glass towards a sundial found on this piece.
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