FRENCH MOUNTED ORIENTAL PORCELAIN 151
- Lidded Bowl
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
Hard-paste porcelain; enamel decoration;
gilding; silver mounts
Each silver mount bears a dove (the Paris
discharge mark for small silver works used
between May 6,1722, and September 2,
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier).
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diameter: 9% in.
(25.1 cm)
Accession number 87 .DI.4
PROVENANCE
[Jacques Kugel, Paris, 1986].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJi6 (1988),
no. 71, p. 178, illus.
252
- Pair of Lidded Vases
Porcelain: Chinese (Dehua), Kangxi
(1662-1722), circa 1700
Mounts: Paris, circa 1722-1727
Hard-paste porcelain; silver mounts
Each lid and base mount bears a dove (the
Paris discharge mark for small silver works
used between May 6,1722, and September 2,
1727, under the fermier Charles Cordier); a
boar s head facing right (the Paris discharge
mark for small and old works used between
December 23,1768, and September 1,1775,
under the fermier Julien Alaterre); and the
profile head of Minerva (the mark for .800
standard silver works sold in France after
May 10,1838).
Vase .1: Height: y^9 Δ6 in. (19.2 cm); Width:
3% in. (8.3 cm); Depth: 27 /s in. (7.3 cm);
Vase .2: Height: y^5 A in. (19.4 cm); Width:
3 X4 in. (8.3 cm); Depth: 27 A in. (7.3 cm)
Accession number 91 .DI.103.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Gift of Mme Simone Steinitz, Paris, 1991.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusJ 20 (1992),
no. 75, p. 174, illus. (one).
- Figure of Guanyin
Porcelain: Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Mounts: Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Hard-paste porcelain; gilt-bronze mount
Height: 1 ft. 1% in. (33.6 cm); Width: 5% in.
(14.6 cm); Depth: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Accession number 78 .Di.64
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