PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED LUDUANS IN TURQUOISE-GLAZED CHINESE PORCELAIN, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI., 1700 circa the chinese porcelain, 1750 circa the French ormolu bases. Quing Dynasty, China, first quarter XIX c.(remove Kangxi period). New period of the ormolu mounts: Paris, France, third quarter XIX c.

Exhibited by Burzio.

Material TURQUOISE-GLAZED CHINESE PORCELAIN and FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNT

Dimensions 31 × 30 × 19 cm

Place of Creation China and France

Status Vetted

About the Work

The mythical horned beast sits with its head raised and slightly turned to one side, the wavy tail resting on its side. The modelling is powerful and the facial expression fierce, with protruding eyes, gaping nostrils, and exposed teeth. The mane and tail are finely modelled. Covered in a vibrant turquoise glaze.

The present pair of objects attests to the taste that pervaded Europe around the mid eighteenth century for chinoiserie, a term broadly indicating all that came from the East. In that period, it was fashionable to transform precious Chinese porcelain items in luxury objects with the addition of gilt bronze mounts, as evidenced by the precious ormolu mounts of the present Luduans decorated with rocaille elements typical of the Louis XV production (1745–49).

Available technical reports:

Studio Pia Virgilio conditions and technical report, Milan 2025.

Turin University Chemical and physical study on samples from gilt bronze bases confirming French Louis XV period and thermoluminescence(TL)analysis-authentication with pre-dose technique on the chinese porcelain Kangxi figures, both executed between December 2025 and January 2026.

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Provenance

Piero Accorsi Turin, postwar period
Bruni Tedeschi collection
Finarte Auctions, lot 160, Rome The 7th of March 1989.
Important private european collection

Literature

Kangxi – Yongzheng – Qianlong. Qing porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Peking, 1989, p. 159, tav. 142.

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Burzio. PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU MOUNTED LUDUANS IN TURQUOISE-GLAZED CHINESE PORCELAIN, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI., 1700 circa the chinese porcelain, 1750 circa the French ormolu bases. Quing Dynasty, China, first quarter XIX c.(remove Kangxi period). New period of the ormolu mounts: Paris, France, third quarter XIX c.