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An important pair of Louis XV ormolu mounted Chinese 'Clair de Lune' celadon glazed porcelain garniture vases The porcelain Yongzheng (1678-1735), the ormolu mounts possibly by Jean-Claude Duplessis, mid-18th century (2) image 6
An important pair of Louis XV ormolu mounted Chinese 'Clair de Lune' celadon glazed porcelain garniture vases The porcelain Yongzheng (1678-1735), the ormolu mounts possibly by Jean-Claude Duplessis, mid-18th century (2) image 7
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An important pair of Louis XV ormolu mounted Chinese 'Clair de Lune' celadon glazed porcelain garniture vases
The porcelain Yongzheng (1678-1735), the ormolu mounts possibly by Jean-Claude Duplessis, mid-18th century

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An important pair of Louis XV ormolu mounted Chinese 'Clair de Lune' celadon glazed porcelain garniture vases

The porcelain Yongzheng (1678-1735), the ormolu mounts possibly by Jean-Claude Duplessis, mid-18th century
The vases of ribbed swollen bodies, covered in a pale green glaze, mounted with gilt bronze fruiting acanthus scrolling handles, and acanthus and rocaille scrolling lips on corresponding open pierced scrolling bases, 17cm wide, 10cm deep, 28.5cm high (6 1/2in wide, 3 1/2in deep, 11in high) (2)

Footnotes

清雍正 天青釉瓶（嵌十八世紀中期或為吉恩-克勞德·查姆貝蘭·迪普萊西所作鎏金銅飾）一對

Provenance
From the collection of the late Cornelis Paulus van Pauwvliet.
Probably from the collection of Marquis de Busseval, circa 1754;
Private collection, Pierre Rouge, Macon;
Jermyn Antiques Gallery, London, 2004, where purchased.

來源
或來自Marquis de Busseval舊藏，約1754年;
Pierre Rouge私人收藏，梅肯;
Jermyn Antiques Gallery，伦敦; 2004年.

Literature
Louis Faton, published in l'Estampille, fiche detachable 96D, and described as: Paire de céladons montés XVIIIe siècle (collection Pierre Rouge à Mâcon).

Related literature
Peter Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of furniture, tome III, London, 1996, pp. 1366-1370, n. 280.
Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und Japanisches Porzellan in Europäischen Fassungen, Germany, 1985, pp. 327-328.

In the Livre-journal de Lazare Duvaux of 1748-1758 (republished in 1965 by F. de Nobele) these vases are most probably described in the April 1754 entry as: n. 1724, 'Du 3. – M. le Marq. De Busseval: Deux buires cannelées de porcelaine, bleu-gris, montées en bronze doré d'or moulu, 720 l.'

A closely related pair with almost identical pale green celadon is conserved in the Wallace Collection, London (inv. N.F105-6). The Wallace vases can be dated 1745-49 as both bases are stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749. The ormolu mounts could possibly be by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis on stylistic grounds. Another related ormolu-mounted two-handled vase but of much larger size (54cm high) and similar ribbed celadon vase is as well conserved at the Wallace Collection (F113). A similar pair of ormolu-mounted ewers are in the V&A (see Lusingh Scheurleer, p.328, ill. 313), while a third pair of such ewers but with papier-maché vases (probably replacing earlier porcelain vases) are in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris (Cat. no.82).


Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis (1699-1774)

Duplessis was a sculptor, ceramics modeller, bronzier and artistic director of the Vincennes and Sèvres Manufactory. From 1752, he assisted his father in creating models for the porcelain manufactures. On 12 June 1765 he became maître fondeur en terre et sable, having, as was customary at the time, mastered the disciplines of drawing and sculpture. Duplessis' illustrious career is mainly recognized today for having perfected the rocaille symmetrisé style. One of the most talented and influential designers and bronziers of his day, only a few pieces can be firmly attributed to him, including a pair of ormolu braziers commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Machault d'Arnouville for royal presentation in 1742 to the Ambassador of Turkey, one of which is today conserved at the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul.

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