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FIG. 156

COMMENTARY Camondo, Paris. 2 The mounts of the base are clearly
The form of the vase derives from an ancient from the same fondeur-ciseleur's workshop as that of this
bronze vessel. The four-"prong" motif of the handles is vase, as are the mounts of the Harewood examples.
a stylized representation of a dragon in profile. On December 30, 1758, Lazare Duvaux sold to
The bluish-green glaze color, a brighter tone than the duchesse d'Orleans "Une vase d'andenne porce-
y
the traditional celadon, was first achieved in the Kangxi laine, vert-celadon, orne de bronze dore d or moulu . . .
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imperial ceramic studios. It was accomplished through a 600 livres." This entry perhaps gives an idea of the price
change in the traditional recipe and became typical of that a single vase of this type commanded in the eigh-
the eighteenth century. teenth century.
A pair of celadon vases of the same design was in the
collection of the Earl of Harewood at Harewood House, PUBLICATIONS
Yorkshire; it was sold in London in 1965^ Another pair, Lunsingh Scheurleer 1980, p. 94, no. 330, fig. 318;
with plain gilt-bronze moldings around the lips and Watson 1980, p. 42, no. 18; Bremer-David et al. 1993,
handle mounts in the form of laurel wreaths depending p. 155, no. 260.
from the porcelain handles, is in the Musee Nissim de

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