CHINA, Compagnie des Indes - Yongzheng period... - Lot 147 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés

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CHINA, Compagnie des Indes - Yongzheng period... - Lot 147 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
CHINA, Compagnie des Indes - Yongzheng period (1723-1735) Large oval covered terrine with pedestal, polychrome and gold decoration of Famille rose enamels on the lid of fruits presented on grassy mounds. The body of the terrine is decorated on each side with the Orry family coat of arms: "Gules (or purple) with a golden lion, creeping and climbing on a silver rock" standing out on a background decorated with water birds, and on the pedestal with birds in reserves standing out on a red and gold vermiculated flowery background. The edges of the lid and the body are decorated with wide nets in gold monochrome enhanced with brown and alternating foliage and stylized palms. The cover is formed of an artichoke in relief surrounded by crosses and palms in blue monochrome. The handles are in the shape of Chinese heads with moustache and beard in relief standing out from a leafy reserve on a blue background. Length : 40 cm - Width : 26 cm Reference: Part of the service preserved in the Musée de la Compagnie des Indes in Lorient and illustrated in Louis Mézin, Cargaisons de Chine, 2002, p. 162, n°133. The coats of arms represented are those of the Orry family, notably of the half-brothers Philibert Orry, Count of Vignory, Controller General of Finances in 1730 and Director General of the King's Buildings in 1736, and Jean-Louis Henri Orry de Fulvy, administrator of the Compagnie des Indes. In 1738, with the help of his half-brother Philibert and the complicity of workers transferred from the Chantilly factory, the latter established the foundations of the Vincennes soft-paste porcelain factory, which was set up in the Château de Vincennes in 1740. The Manufacture de Vincennes moved in 1756 and later became the Manufacture de Sèvres. The first attempts encouraged them to continue, since in 1745 they obtained a privilege from the King for the production of porcelain in the Saxon style, painted and gilded with human figures. The Orry family played an important role in the history of French porcelain.
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