NZ MUSIC, JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 28 May 2019 - 9:30 AM start
A rare and large French ormolu-mounted Chinese Ming dynasty celadon porcelain bowl
Lot Details
the mounts by Henry Dasson, Paris, signed and dated 1878. The late 16th/early 17th century bowl made from the inverted shoulder section of a massive vase; the surface decorated with incised floral pattern. The gilt-bronze mounts in exuberant rococo manner. W.610mm, H.405mm. Note: The mounting of Oriental porcelain in ormolu (gilt-bronze) heightened the impact of what was a luxury ware. The mounts were produced under the guidance of the Parisian marchands-merciers, such as Dasson. These merchants of objets d'art worked outside of the existing French guild system, and therefore, could mount Chinese porcelains or supply furniture with gilt-bronze handles and stands. The foundation of the fashion lay in the mounting of imported 16thC Chinese porcelain in vermeil (silver-gilt).
