A very large Samson Imari Vase. France. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1416 Dα

A very large Samson Imari Vase. France. 19th century

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 14:00 - China - Decorative Arts, Ceramics and Porcelain
Estimate: 6.000 € - 10.000 €
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A very large Samson Imari Vase. France. 19th century

A gu-shaped beaker vase with a trumpet-shaped neck, decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gold to the central section with the coat of arms of Duke of Orléans with three fleurs-de-lys, the shoulders of the mid-section with ruyi-head and lozenge borders, the neck with the Three Friends of Winter pine, bamboo and plum, the lower section with peonies and other flowers and rockwork above a border enclosing flower sprays, the interior mouth rim with a floral border. Neck restored.
Height 99 cm; diameter 44 cm

十九世紀 法國Samson五彩仿康熙大瓶

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Compare with a beaker vase, almost identical in design and form, specially commissioned for Philippe d'Orleans, Regent of France from 1715-1723 during the reign of Louis XV, bearing his coat of arms in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, acc. no. OA 5486, illustrated in: M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London 1962, p. 105