细节 A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN VASESTHE ORMOLU MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO DUPLESSIS, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE CHINESE PORCELAIN MID-17TH CENTURYThe porcelain decorated in shades of blue with scholars’ objects and vases of flowers including lotus and peonies, on scrolling rocaille bases, one with a paper label printed in red 75512 1/4 in. (31 cm.) high 来源 Collection of Jules Porgès (1839-1921), château Porgès, Rochefort-en-Yvelines and thence by decent. 注意事项 This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.Combining Chinese porcelain with finely chased ormolu mounts, this superb pair of vases demonstrates the unique creative involvement of the marchands-merciers in Paris in the mid-18th century.Their porcelain bodies are in fact upper sections of larger mid-17th century Chinese vases divided up by marchands-merciers to create new items. A similar porcelain section was extracted from the Louvre foundations and is now preserved in the Musée Guimet (inv. 4498). Demonstrating many of the recognisable characteristics of Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis' style, such as the homogenous unity of form and bold decoration, suggesting that the mounts were made specifically for these vases, and the substantial and symmetrical acanthus scroll mounts of the highest quality, illustrate the superb modelling and chasing for which Duplessis is renowned.