EXCEPTIONAL SET OF THREE VASES MOUNTED IN CHINA PORCELAIN

WITH ‘MOONLIGHT’ GLAZE, LAVISHLY ADORNED WITH MOUNTS

Yongzheng period (1723-1735) / France, 18th century, circa 1750-1760.
Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, known as Duplessis père (Turin, 1699 – Paris, 1774)

Porcelain: China, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735).

Mounts in gilded bronze: France, 18^th century, circa 1750-1760.

Baluster-shaped central vase: H. 28 cm. (11 in.); W. 21.6 cm. (8 ½ in.); D. 12.5 cm. (5 in.).

Two “Cong”-type vases: H. 20 cm. (8 in.); W. 18 cm. (7 in.); D. 18 cm. (7 in.).

PROVENANCE: collection of Baron Guy de Rothschild (1909-2007) and Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild (1927-1996), in the library of the Hôtel Lambert, located at 2 rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Île, Paris; by descent, the Rothschild collection up to the present day.

LITERATURE: Alexandre Serebriakoff. Portraitiste d’intérieurs, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée National des Châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau, Société des Amis de Malmaison, 1994.

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