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A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Turquoise Ground Porcelain Vases
£36,000
A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Turquoise Ground Porcelain Vases. Each of baluster form with gilt-bronze collar above an inverted...
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Altura: 87 cm (35 in)Width: 40 cm (16 in)
Depth: 30 cm (12 in)
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A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Turquoise Ground Porcelain Vases.
Each of baluster form with gilt-bronze collar above an inverted pear-shaped body flanked by acanthus leaf handles. The bodies fronted by jewelled framed cartouches painted with scenes of Venus and Adonis. On gilt-bronze socles and fluted foliate swagged pedestals.
The painting to these vases is a romanticised depiction of the story of Venus and Adonis. Venus, the goddess of love, is enchanted by the extremely handsome and mortal Adonis. One night Venus dreams that Adonis will be injured hunting and she implores him not to go. Unfortunately, Venus’ dream comes true and heartbroken she cradles the dying Adonis.
Francia, alrededor de 1900.
Fecha
Alrededor de 1900
Origen
Francia
Medio
Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain
The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory was founded to the east of Paris in the disused Royal Château of Vincennes, late in 1739-40. and moved to the village of Sèvres, west of Paris in 1756, en route to King Louis XV’s palace of Versailles.
Here it was also adjacent to Louis’s mistress Madame de Pompadour’s own château at Bellevue. She was delighted with the factory’s new location – as she knew she could entice Louis to take a greater interest in it when it was so near their own residences. Indeed, the King became such a keen patron of the factory that, when it ran into financial difficulties, he bought out the shareholders and became the sole proprietor. The factory remained a royal enterprise until the French Revolution, when it was nationalised.
The popularity of the Louis XV style during the nineteenth century led to a number of companies in and around Paris, creating exceptional Sèvres-Style porcelain based on eighteenth century models and to the same exceptional quality. Often these pieces were of exhibition quality and scale, and finely painted by the best studio painters of the day such as Robert, Desprez and Poitevin.
