Pair French bronze & porcelain vases, Beurdeley
A pair of fine French gilt bronze mounted turquoise glazed porcelain Pagoda pot pourri vases and covers
the mounts attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Beurdeley
second half 19th century
height 16in (40.5cm); width 8in (20.25cm); depth 8in (20.25cm)
Provenance: Property from the Estate Francis A. Martin III, San Francisco, California, curated by Steven Volpe.
Footnote: One of a pair of nearly identical covered vases in Chinese celadon porcelain is illustrated C. Mestdagh, L Ameublement dart francais 1850-1900, Paris, 2010, p. 98, fig. 92. Described as a vase pagode, the pair was included in the Beurdeley stock liquidation sale of 6-9 May 1895.
A single related example, of slightly larger scale with decorated Chinese celadon porcelain and unmarked mounts attributed to Beurdeley, is in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, no. 198.
Condition Report: Mounts with crisp casting and detailed chasing. With rich mottling to glazing. General marks, scratches, light wear and rubbing. One with a small chipped shallow loss to vertical edge. With darkening to feet. Some oxidation and polish residue to mounts. Looseness in areas.
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A pair of fine French gilt bronze mounted turquoise glazed porcelain Pagoda pot pourri vases and covers
the mounts attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Beurdeley
second half 19th century
height 16in (40.5cm); width 8in (20.25cm); depth 8in (20.25cm)
Provenance: Property from the Estate Francis A. Martin III, San Francisco, California, curated by Steven Volpe.
Footnote: One of a pair of nearly identical covered vases in Chinese celadon porcelain is illustrated C. Mestdagh, L Ameublement dart francais 1850-1900, Paris, 2010, p. 98, fig. 92. Described as a vase pagode, the pair was included in the Beurdeley stock liquidation sale of 6-9 May 1895.
A single related example, of slightly larger scale with decorated Chinese celadon porcelain and unmarked mounts attributed to Beurdeley, is in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, no. 198.
Condition Report: Mounts with crisp casting and detailed chasing. With rich mottling to glazing. General marks, scratches, light wear and rubbing. One with a small chipped shallow loss to vertical edge. With darkening to feet. Some oxidation and polish residue to mounts. Looseness in areas.
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