A guarniture of three large Imari-style painted terracotta vases each painted in blue, iron-red, white and gilding with panels of birds or foliage against a deep red ground, comprising: a pair of baluster vases and a central ovoid vase and domed cover, the domed lid with a Buddhist lion finial, painted overall with birds and chrysanthemum, peony and prunus blossoms in a red, gold and cobalt blue palette on a brown ground, circa 1765. The lacquer decoration on these vases, imitating the Japanese Imari palette, is similar in execution to the decoration in the Chinese taste on a lacquer tray and a pair of lacquered tôle vases both attributed to Christian Wehrlin, and both previously with Pelham Galleries. All these objects share the same fine craquelure surface and are decorated with flowers and birds treated in a highly individual manner that must be by the same hand.

Probably created by Wehrlin for the Royal Savoy Family when actif in Turin between 1756 and 1774.
Pelham Galleries early 2000’s.
European private collection.