A diplomatic gift from King Louis XVI to the Princess of Asturias, the future Queen o🔯f Spain
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted hard paste Sèvres porcelain 'arabesques' vases, the porcelain by Pierre-André Leguay after designs by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, the mounts Louis XVI, circa 1785-1786, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire
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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
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400,000 - 800,000 EUR
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A diplomatic gift from King Louis XVI to the Princess of ♎Asturias, the future Queen of Spain
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted hard paste Sèvres porcelain 'arabesques' vases, the porcelain by Pierre-André Legua🉐y after designs by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, the mounts Louis XVIꦐ, circa 1785-1786, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire
decorated with arabesques, the central panel of each vase decorated with a medallion with a polychrome mythological subject in a gilded border, Cupid and Comedy on the first and Threatened Cupid on the other, surrounded by rich scrolling foliage and arabesques with cupids, the backs decorated monochrome antique figures on a blue background representing Vestals at the altar ♍of Love, surround𓃲ed by sirens with scrolling foliate tails terminating in elegant arabesques, the collar decorated with a wide green band with a Greek border intertwined with vines
height 14½in.; width 10½in.; 37 cm; 27 cm.
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Paire de vases 'arabesques' en porcelaine dure de Sèvres et bronze doré d'époque Louis XVI, l🐎a porcelaine peinte par Pierre-André Leguay, la monture attribuée à Pierre-Philippe Thomire, vers 1785-1786
height 14½in.; width 10½in.; 37 cm; 27 cm.
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Sold in 1786 to the Comte de Vergennes (1719-1787), Foreign Minister of King Louis XVI,🅷 for the use of the Ministère des Affaires étrangères du roi Louis XVI, responsible for diplomatic gifts 🌠made by the King to other courts;
Sent to the Comte de Montm🐻orin (1745-1792), French Ambassador to the Spanish Court, to be presented to Charlesꦡ III's daughter-in-law, the Princess of Asturias, wife of the future Charles IV of Spain;
Sold Tajan Paris, 16 December 1998, lot 28;
Galerie Maurice Segoura, Paris.
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Vendus au comte de Vergennes, ministre des A꧂ffaires étrangères du roi Louis XVI, en 1786, non pas pour son usage personnel mais pour le ministère des Affaires étrangères qui était responsable des cadeaux diplomatiques faits par le roi aux autres cours;
Envoyés au comte de Montmorin, ambassadeur de Louis XVI à la cour d'Espagne, afin d'être offerts à la belle-fille de Charles III, la princesse des Asturies, épouse du f💫utur Charles IV d'Espagne;
Vente étud𝓰e Tajan, Paris, le 16 décembre 1998, lot 28;
Galerie Maurice Segoura, Paris.
P. Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Age à nos jours, Paris 2000, p. 132.
