A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE...
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE DECORATION LIKELY LATER, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749
From a series of 'The Five Senses', modeled as two robed figures, one eyeing a piece of fruit in his hand, a small bottle in the other, his breeches painted with a moon and stars, his companion holding a cup before a basket full of further bottles, on a rocaille-cast base issuing a tree mounted with tôle-peinte and porcelain flowers, the porcelain figures adapted to the base but apparently original
15 7⁄8 in. (40.3 cm) high, overall
Provenance
Collection of Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 64.
Collection of Dr. Bruce Wilson; Christie's, New York, 24 October, 2012, lot 4.
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE DECORATION LIKELY LATER, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749
From a series of 'The Five Senses', modeled as two robed figures, one eyeing a piece of fruit in his hand, a small bottle in the other, his breeches painted with a moon and stars, his companion holding a cup before a basket full of further bottles, on a rocaille-cast base issuing a tree mounted with tôle-peinte and porcelain flowers, the porcelain figures adapted to the base but apparently original
15 7⁄8 in. (40.3 cm) high, overall
Provenance
Collection of Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 64.
Collection of Dr. Bruce Wilson; Christie's, New York, 24 October, 2012, lot 4.
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