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I 5. VASE
THE PORCELAIN: Chinese (Qianlong), circa 1740
THE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS: French, circa 1745-50
HEIGHT: i ft., zVz in. (36.8 cm); WIDTH: 6 in. (15.2 cm); DEPTH: 41/2. in. (11.5 cm)
75.01.69
DESCRIPTION A double-leaf motif marks the junction between the
The pale celadon vase has a flattened hexagonal front and back scrolls. The foot mounts are joined at the
baluster-shaped body on a tall flared foot. Hooked han- base on each side by a gilt-headed screw.
dles of porcelain are luted to either side of the short
trumpet-shaped neck. MARKS
A gilt-bronze mount of scrolled and foliated design The undersurface of the vase is marked in pencil
surrounds the lip of the vase (fig. 15A); the scrolls emerge "3" and "4" in a modern hand. This may well indicate
from a cartouche at each side. The splayed foot rests in that the vase was originally one of a pair, or one of a
a high mount consisting of six foliate scrolls, from which larger group.
emerge sprays of flowers and berries (figs. 156 and 150).
FIG. i5A
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