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Lotto 1221* - A184 Arti decorative - giovedì, 22. marzo 2018, 10h00
PAIR OF VASES WITH GILT BRONZE MOUNTS 'FUSEAU À ANSES DAUPHIN',
The vase fuseau is one of the moste elegant shapes produced at Sèvres in the early nineteenth century. It was designed in 1800, the year that Alexandre Brongniart arrived as director of the Sèvres factory, by his own father the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brogniart père was asked by his son to provede a number of designs at this period and advice him in artistic matters. Most examples have tall gilt bronze handles. In this case these have dolphin heads at the base, which is unusual.
Pierre Huard (1783-1857) worked as a painter at Sèvres from 1811 to 1846. Brongniart’s testimonial to him upon his retirement as first painter is eloquent praise of his talent: 'M. Pierre Huard est le premier peintre ornemaniste de la Manufacture et sa retraite est und perte pour pour cet établissement Royal ; non seulement il a exécuté avec une perfection que tout le monde a admiré les ornetments sur vases, tables, coffrets dont on lui a donné les dessins, mais il a enrichi des pièces analogues et de grandes dimensions tels que guéridons, coffrets etc d’ornements appropriés et riches de couleurs de sa composition.' (Alan Darr, A 19th century royal Sèvres déjeuner chinois réticulé, The French Porcelain Society Journal, Volume IV 2011, p. 127). It is uncommon for painters to sign with their full name. This is the case for the déjeuner chinois réticulé in the Detroit Institute of Art.
A drawing of 1816 by Huard for a cup with cabochon decoration is preserved in the factory archives (The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Alexandre Brongniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 188-1847, exh.cat. The Bard Graduate Center, New York, 1997-1998,p. 219).
CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Venduto per CHF 17 300 (incl. premio dell'acquirente)
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