ormolu-mounted

Lot 206. A North European ormolu-mounted nautilus-shell cup, first half 19th century; 7 1⁄4 in. (19.5 cm.) high; 5 1⁄2 in. (14 cm.) wide. Price Realised GBP 6,930 (Estimate GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000). © Christie's 2022 With a winged mask and dragons and supported by a snail on oval black slate base, with circular 'Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection' label, inscribed 'WA/40A'. The Anthony and Marietta Coleridge Collection. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Christie's,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese and French porcelain 'parrot' candelabra, circa 1745, the Chinese porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722); 10 ½ in. (27 cm.) high; 9 ¾ in. (24.5 cm.) wide. Price Realised GBP 47,500 (Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000). © Christie's 2022 Each with a turquoise parrot resting on a pierced aubergine rockwork base, on a shaped plinth, issuing two entwining flowering branches terminating in incised foliate nozzles, on melon-shaped feet. Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A pair of Regence ormolu-mounted Japanese and Chinese porcelain pot-pourris, circa 1725, the porcelain late 17th century; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, overall. Price realised GBP 5,000 (Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000). © Christie's 2022 The Japanese kakiemon and celadon-ground censer and cover with applied flower-head handles and small bird finials, supported by three laughing boys in various famille verte robes, the ormolu with melon-form feet. Provenance: With Ralph M. Chait Galleries,... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 68. A pair of ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain blue and white bottle vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 11 in. (28 cm.) high. Estimate: USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. © Christie's 2022 The pear-form vases with panels of stylized flower-heads, the elongated necks with blossoms on scrolling vine, the ormolu mounts with gadrooned bands. Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 January 2022 

A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese Coromandel lacquer and vernis Martin encoignures (corner cabinets) by Adrien Delorme, circa 1748-49. ; 37 in. (95 cm.) high; 29 in. (73 cm.) wide; 20 in. (52 cm.) deep. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Each with shaped moulded breche d’Alep marble top above a curved door decorated with a triangular cartouche depicting a courtly scene in a palace garden, surrounded by a floral trellis pattern and framed by a lappeted motif, the angles headed by... [Lire la suite]

A Louis XV Ormolu-mounted Chinese Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Cat, The Porcelain Qianlong (1736-1795), The mounts second half 18th century; 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high; 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep. Price on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 Provenance: Probably supplied by Lazare-Duvaux (1703-1758), marchand-mercier, Paris, circa 1750-1755 toJeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour, duchesse de Menars (1721-1764), in her Cabinet des Muses,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 473. A rare ormolu-mounted Longquan celadon vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); overall 49.5 cm. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 75,600HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection of Alberto Pinto.Christie's Paris, 12th-14th September 2017, lot 885. Note: A larger vase of this type in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Longquan qingci [Longquan celadon], Beijing, 1966, pl. 41; and vases also with their mouths reduced, in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, are... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. An ormolu-mounted Sicilian red coral branch, French, First half 19th century; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high. Estimate: GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500 (USD 1,890 - USD 3,150). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. coral; on a later green marble base, the base not affixed. Provenance: A private collection, Europe, acquired in London, 1980s. Note: Coral, fished from the coastal waters of Sicily, was prized from the Middle Ages for its amuletic power to ward off evil. Christie's. Finch and Co’s Cabinet of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 123. An ormolu-mounted famille verte porcelain vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Hauteur totale : 47 cm (18 1/2 in.). Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000 (US$1,694 - US$2,259). Invendu. © Artcurial De forme quadrangulaire, les quatre faces à décor d'oiseaux, insectes, pivoines, magnolias, lotus et prunus en fleurs, monture en bronze doré ; col coupé, base percée et manques d'émail. Artcurial. Vente Art d’Asie - 10 décembre 2018

Lot 58. A pair of blue and white ormolu-mounted porcelain vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H. : 46 cm (18 in.). Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 (US$4,519 - US$6,779). Vendu 7 800 €. © Artcurial. De forme balustre, la panse décorée de fleurs et feuillages, l'épaulement et le pied ornés de fleurs dans des cartouches en forme de pétales en léger relief, le col agrémenté de trois registres de feuilles, monture en bronze, montés en lampe ; un vase avec un fêle, trous sur la panse des deux vases pour les... [Lire la suite]