Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
Property of a Charitable Foundation
Lots 615-630
Lots 615-630
Lot 618*
A LARGE CRACKLE-GLAZED ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOWL The porcelain Chinese, 18th century, the mounts French, 18th/19th century
13 – 20 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,176 inc. premium
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A LARGE CRACKLE-GLAZED ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOWL
The porcelain Chinese, 18th century, the mounts French, 18th/19th century
The large deep bowl, entirely covered inside and out with a minutely-crackled greyish glaze simulating Song dynasty Geyao, the gilt-bronze mounts cast with coiling branches around the upper rim and standing on six rococo scroll feet.
28cm (11in) wide.
The large deep bowl, entirely covered inside and out with a minutely-crackled greyish glaze simulating Song dynasty Geyao, the gilt-bronze mounts cast with coiling branches around the upper rim and standing on six rococo scroll feet.
28cm (11in) wide.
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 仿哥釉碗（鑲十八/十九世紀法國鎏金銅飾）
Provenance: Kauffmann collection (according to the collector's index card)
Hans (1888-1966) and Ludmilla Arnhold (1894-1976) acquired in Europe
A European private collection
The glaze of this rare bowl is based on Song dynasty crackle-glazed wares, referred to as Ge, which were greatly admired by the emperors of the Qing dynasty.
Compare with a pair of related but much smaller Louis XV Chinese crackle-glazed Ormolu-mounted bowls, the mounts circa 1745, the porcelain 17th/early 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 14 October 2020, lot 49.