Blue Chinese Porcelain Vase, Early 19th Century

A fluted, oval vase in turquoise Chinese porcelain.

It features two handles with stylized Kui motifs (a term from ancient Chinese mythology referring to the mountain demon, or rain god, depicted as a dragon).
These Kui support removable laurel garlands in delicately chased and gilded bronze.
The vase rests on an openwork base with rocaille scrolls, also in gilded bronze.
The neck and lid are molded, openwork, and decorated with acanthus leaves and surmounted by a seed.

This design is based on a model attributed to Jean Claude Chambellan Duplessis, whose works have been sold at auction, such as in the collection of Madame Steinitz, where an 18th-century vase attributed to this bronze caster was sold in June 2025 at Christie's in Paris for €75,600.

Another vase, from the 18th century and attributed to the same artist, was presented at Christie's in London in November 2021 and sold for £75,000.


Other vases are now exhibited in major museums, such as the collection of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, whose Petit Palais possesses a 19th-century celadon vase, based on the same model as ours.


Our vase is a very fine early 19th-century piece, after a model by Jean Claude Chambellan Duplessis, in porcelain and gilt bronze with exquisite chasing.

original gilding.
Dimensions: H 37 cm x D 15 cm