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7 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DECORATIVE ARTS Stephan Koller skoller@kollerauctions.com PORCELAIN Sabine Neumaier neumaier@kollerauctions.com SILVER Corinne Koller ckoller@kollerauctions.com ONLINE CATALOGUE www.kollerauctions.com Far East in Europe Preview of the Decorative Arts auction on 22 September 2022 1 A Meissen Japanese bantam rooster teapot. Circa 1730. With caduceus mark. The model by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner (1706–68). The painted decoration later, probably circa 1735. H 15 cm, L 19 cm. Estimate: CHF 26 000/30 000 2 A Louis XV lacquer commode. Paris, circa 1760. The Euro- pean lacquer work 18 th /19 th century. 102 × 52 × 88 cm. Estimate: CHF 60 000/100 000 3 A pair of important French baluster vases ‘pour torchère’ in the 'goût chinois' . 2 nd half 19 th century. With incised signa ture BL.V.R.2 and Sèvres mark in an oval. H 108 and 103 cm. D 50 cm. Estimate: CHF 40 000/60 000 4 A monumental clock ‘La Paix et l’Abondance’. Restauration, signed J.H. Doresse Fabr. de Bronzes de la Cour à Bruxelles, dated 1836. After a design by Tilman-François Suys for King William I of Belgium and the Palais Royal in Brussels. Monogrammed LR. 75 × 28 × 93 cm. Estimate: CHF 20 000/30 000 1 2 3 4 Objects such as the 18 th -century lacquer commode (ill. 2) and the Sèvres monumental vases (ill. 3) in our Decorative Arts auction often employ stylistic references to East Asia. Designed in the ‘goût japonais’ or ‘goût chinois’, their elaborately crafted lacquer work and painted porcelain with Asian-style motifs brought an extravagant touch of exoticism to European salons and stately homes. Porcelain and lacquer panels from Japan and China, which came to France through a lively trade exchange, served as models. Within a short time, the marchand-merciers of Pa ris established a prosperous market for these chinoiseries. The two large vases are typical ornamental pieces that the Sèvres manufacto ry produced for the furnishings of royal palaces. The recessed metal base in the neck of th e vases in- dicates their original use as so-called torchères, i.e. monumental standing cha ndeliers. The design of the porcelain rooster from the Meissen manufactory is based o n Jap- anese models of a bantam cockerel and is extremely rare in this version (ill. 1). The large pendulum with two flanking female figures is thought to have been mad e for the Palais Royal in Brussels (ill. 4).