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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese lacquer pots pourris, mid-18th century
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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese lacquer pots pourris, mid-18th century
ornamented with gilded foliage, with foliate gilt-bronze mounts further with 18th century French porcelain flowers
18cm. high, 11cm. wide; 7 in., 4¼in.
Catalogue note
This pair of pots pourris combining Chinese lacquer, French gilt-bronze mounts and porcelain flowers encapsulates the fashion for mounting materials from the Far East once they arrived in France. This fashion was particularly promoted by marchands-merciers who were trusted to adapt these foreign wares to the Parisian luxurious tastes of the mid-18th century. There were no clearly appropriate shapes for pots-pourris among the repertoire of Chinese and Japanese forms, so the ever-imaginative marchands-merciers adapted existing pieces to create new pots-pourris. Occasionally lidded bowls were used, either with additional holes pierced into the lids, or with the addition of a pierced silver or bronze frieze to separate the two pieces. Another alternative, as on the present lot, was to match two similar bowls to create a unit with base and cover.
Similarly-shaped pots pourris were sold at Christie’s, Paris, 7th March 2017, lot 72 and Christie’s, New York, 30th April 1999, lot 26. Another pair of pots pourris formerly in a European collection was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 17th November 1984, lot 128.
ornamented with gilded foliage, with foliate gilt-bronze mounts further with 18th century French porcelain flowers
18cm. high, 11cm. wide; 7 in., 4¼in.
Catalogue note
This pair of pots pourris combining Chinese lacquer, French gilt-bronze mounts and porcelain flowers encapsulates the fashion for mounting materials from the Far East once they arrived in France. This fashion was particularly promoted by marchands-merciers who were trusted to adapt these foreign wares to the Parisian luxurious tastes of the mid-18th century. There were no clearly appropriate shapes for pots-pourris among the repertoire of Chinese and Japanese forms, so the ever-imaginative marchands-merciers adapted existing pieces to create new pots-pourris. Occasionally lidded bowls were used, either with additional holes pierced into the lids, or with the addition of a pierced silver or bronze frieze to separate the two pieces. Another alternative, as on the present lot, was to match two similar bowls to create a unit with base and cover.
Similarly-shaped pots pourris were sold at Christie’s, Paris, 7th March 2017, lot 72 and Christie’s, New York, 30th April 1999, lot 26. Another pair of pots pourris formerly in a European collection was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 17th November 1984, lot 128.
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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese lacquer pots pourris, mid-18th century
ornamented with gilded foliage, with foliate gilt-bronze mounts further with 18th century French porcelain flowers
18cm. high, 11cm. wide; 7 in., 4¼in.
Catalogue note
This pair of pots pourris combining Chinese lacquer, French gilt-bronze mounts and porcelain flowers encapsulates the fashion for mounting materials from the Far East once they arrived in France. This fashion was particularly promoted by marchands-merciers who were trusted to adapt these foreign wares to the Parisian luxurious tastes of the mid-18th century. There were no clearly appropriate shapes for pots-pourris among the repertoire of Chinese and Japanese forms, so the ever-imaginative marchands-merciers adapted existing pieces to create new pots-pourris. Occasionally lidded bowls were used, either with additional holes pierced into the lids, or with the addition of a pierced silver or bronze frieze to separate the two pieces. Another alternative, as on the present lot, was to match two similar bowls to create a unit with base and cover.
Similarly-shaped pots pourris were sold at Christie’s, Paris, 7th March 2017, lot 72 and Christie’s, New York, 30th April 1999, lot 26. Another pair of pots pourris formerly in a European collection was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 17th November 1984, lot 128.
ornamented with gilded foliage, with foliate gilt-bronze mounts further with 18th century French porcelain flowers
18cm. high, 11cm. wide; 7 in., 4¼in.
Catalogue note
This pair of pots pourris combining Chinese lacquer, French gilt-bronze mounts and porcelain flowers encapsulates the fashion for mounting materials from the Far East once they arrived in France. This fashion was particularly promoted by marchands-merciers who were trusted to adapt these foreign wares to the Parisian luxurious tastes of the mid-18th century. There were no clearly appropriate shapes for pots-pourris among the repertoire of Chinese and Japanese forms, so the ever-imaginative marchands-merciers adapted existing pieces to create new pots-pourris. Occasionally lidded bowls were used, either with additional holes pierced into the lids, or with the addition of a pierced silver or bronze frieze to separate the two pieces. Another alternative, as on the present lot, was to match two similar bowls to create a unit with base and cover.
Similarly-shaped pots pourris were sold at Christie’s, Paris, 7th March 2017, lot 72 and Christie’s, New York, 30th April 1999, lot 26. Another pair of pots pourris formerly in a European collection was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 17th November 1984, lot 128.
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