A Sèvres porcelain Bleu Nouveau-Ground Vase and Cover (vase grec à médaillons), circa 1765
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November 26, 04:58 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of the second size, of oval section, moulded with a gilt Greek-key border reserved by a bleu nouveau ground and separated by gilt trellis panels, the gilt-edged white fluted neck applied with gilt swags tied with ribbons framing en grisaille classical profile medallions, with a gilt metal-mounted cover surmounted with gilt metal ball knop, interlaced LL mark in blue, indistinct incised letter ‘a’
Height: 13 ¾ in. ; Haut. 35 cm
Possibly Jean-Baptiste Machault d'Arnouville (17011794), surintendant of Finances, Chancelier of France, minister of Marine;
his son, Charles-Henri de Machault d'Arnouville (1743-1830), Maréchal de Camp, Pair of France;
his son, Eugène Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville (1785-1867);
his daughter, Henriette de Machault d'Arnouville (1805-1864) who married in 1826 Léonce, marquis de Vogüe (1805-1877);
his son, Melchior, marquis de Vogüe (1829-1916);
Christie's New York, 24 May 2001, lot 315;
Sotheby's London, The Dimitri Mavrommatis Collection: Important French Furniture and Sèvres Porcelain From The Chester Square Residence, 8 July 2008, lot 62.
Paris, L’Union Centrale des Arts décoratifs, 1884, Exposition Retrospective des Porcelaines de Vincennes et de Sèvres, no. 774, catalogue by O. du Sartel and E. Williamson
Uncaptioned photograph taken in 1884, preserved in the Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Albums Macié, 183-13,
S. Grandjean, ‘Un nouveau vase néo-classique de Sèvres au Louvre’, Revue du Louvre : la revue des musées de France, no. 3, Paris, 1984, pp. 193-195.
P. Ennès, Musée du Louvre, Nouvelle acquisitions, 1980-1984, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1985, pp. 139-142.
V. Bougault, ‘La passion du Sèvres: un collection privée’, Connaissance des Arts, No. 620, p. 62, illustrated.
RELATED LITERATURE
M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres, des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 168, pl. 131;
S. Eriksen and G. de Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, Vincennes and Sèvres 1740-1800, London, 1987, p. 117, pl. J.
R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1988, pp. 210-212, C260.
N. Birioukova and N. Kazakevitch, La porcelaine de Sèvres du XVIII siècle, St. Petersburg, 2005, no. 13, pp. 80-81.
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