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Mounted Double Fish Vase
Chinese porcelain; French mounts
Porcelain: 1720–40, Mounts: about 1750–55
Medium/Technique
Jingdezhen monochrome turquoise ware; porcelain with turquoise enamel-glaze over molded decoration; Gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions
Overall: 47.2 x 30.5 x 16.3 cm (18 9/16 x 12 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2260
DescriptionOne of a pair with 65.2261. Mounted in ciseled rococo bronze dore, in the manner of Duplessis. Fish-scale and fins slightly embossed, handles forming bunches of bullrushes and leafage.
ProvenanceBy 1946, with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, NY; April 8, 1946, sold by Rosenberg & Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes, New York and Newport, RI (d. 1964); 1965, bequest of Wickes. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)