Page 95 - Mounted Oriental Porcelain, The Getty Museum

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Another pair of celadon shells with a slightly vary- Other types of Japanese ceramic shells were popu-
ing description is listed in the catalogue of the sale of the lar. A single mounted shell is listed in the inventory taken
marchand Julliot, held after the death of his wife on in 1740 after the death of the due de Bourbon: "Une vase
November 20, 1777: de forme de coquille, de porcelaine ancienne du Jap on,
monture en bronze dore." 8 Chinese shells of the Kangxi
No. 331 Deux coquilles, de genre singulier a rebord
colorie d'un beau fond rouge, nuance de bleu celeste period, in the form of cockle shells were also mounted
fonce; garnies de couvercle, en feuille de corail, perce a with gilt bronze. A turquoise glazed pair is to be seen in
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jour & de trois petits pieds en rocaille de bronze dore. 7 the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. This latter form was
used by the Vincennes Manufactory as the inspiration for
This is the only description that includes the words its potpourri lima$on, the plaster model for which
. . . en feuille de corail, perce a jour. . . ," which appeared in 1752. A pair in bleu celeste is in the Forsyth
accurately describes the lids of the Museum's shells Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 10
and may therefore be the only eighteenth-century refer-
ence to them.

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