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'Arnouvil💯le (1743-1830), Maréchal de Camp, Pair♚ of France;
his son, Eugène Jean-B𝓀aptiste de Machault d'Arnouv꧒ille (1785-1867);
his daughter, Henrie🌃tte 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.
Uncaptioned photograph taken in 1884, preserved in the Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Alb♎ums 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.
Paris, L’Union Centrale des Arts décoratifs, 1884, Exposition Retrospective des Porcelaines de Vincennes et de Sèvres, no. 774, catalogue𒆙 by O. du Sartel and E. Williamson
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