51 - Pot-pourri

Pot-pourri Attributed to the Samson manufactory, in the taste of the Chantilly manufactory Hard-paste porcelain with chiselled and gilt bronze mounts Body with polychrome decoration in the Kakiemon style, depicting landscapes with tigers, birds, prunus, pines and bamboo, within cartouches bordered by blue scrollwork Lid with similar decoration, including a dragon, and gilt bronze finial in the form of a rose and leaves Mounts with pierced interlaced friezes, on four feet Base with apocryphal Chantilly mark, with a hunting horn in red France, 19th century H.: 25 cm (overall) Kakiemon porcelain, developed in Japan during the 17th century, is characterised by polychrome decoration on a white ground, frequently depicting motifs of naturalistic inspiration. Among these are the “Three Friends of Winter”, pine, bamboo and prunus, associated with perseverance and renewal. In the first half of the 18th century, the Chantilly manufactory, founded under the patronage of Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé and collector of Japanese porcelain, adapted these models to soft-paste porcelain. In the 19th century, Samson revived this repertoire in hard paste, producing reproductions and reinterpretations, at times with marks imitating those of Chantilly. Label of Au Vase Étrusque, Paris